Balbina Remedios

Balbina Remedios Langanehin was a Cuban lawyer and politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1936 as one of the first group of women to enter Congress.

Balbina Remedios
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1936–1938
ConstituencyLa Habana Province

Biography

A lawyer,[1] Remedios was a Democratic National Association candidate for the House of Representatives in La Habana Province in the 1936 general elections, the first in which women could vote. She was one of seven women elected,[2] serving in the House until 1938.[3]

References
  1. Album del cincuentenario: de la Asociación de repórters de la Habana : 1902-1952, Asociación de Repórters de La Habana, 1952, p123
  2. Velia Cecilia Bobes (2007) La nación inconclusa: (Re) constituciones de la ciudadanía y la identidad nacional en Cuba p236
  3. Julio César González Pagés (2003) En busca de un espacio--historia de mujeres en Cuba, p127
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