María Caviglia
María Caviglia | |
|---|---|
| National Deputy | |
| In office 1952–1955 | |
| Constituency | Entre Rios |
María Carmen Caviglia de Boeykens was an Argentine politician. She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1951 as one of the first group of female parliamentarians in Argentina.
Biography[]
Caviglia was a social activist, organising a women's suffrage centre in Paraná, which attracted the attention of Eva Perón. She was also involved in achieving a doubling of pay for teachers in poor rural areas and established centres for preventing Chagas disease.[1]
In the 1951 legislative elections she was a Peronist Party candidate in Entre Rios and was one of the 26 women elected to the Chamber of Deputies.[2] She remained in office until 1955, when her term was cut short by the Revolución Libertadora.[3]
References[]
- ^ Una plaza con el nombre de la primera diputada nacional Entre Rios Ahora, 23 April 2017
- ^ Primeras diputadas Pagina12
- ^ Nómina alfabética de diputados de la Nación, período 1854-1991: (al 31-5-1991), Cámara de Diputados de la Nación, 1991, p69
Categories:
- Women members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
- Justicialist Party politicians
- Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Entre Ríos
- 20th-century Argentine politicians
- 20th-century women politicians