Gloria Menéndez Mina

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Menéndez Mina and the second or maternal family name is Menéndez.
Gloria Menéndez Mina
Born
Gloria Menéndez Mina Menéndez

(1913-11-02)2 November 1913
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Died28 August 2014(2014-08-28) (aged 100)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Other namesGloria Menéndez Mina de Padilla (misspelled as Gloria Méndez Mina)
Occupationswriter, women's rights activist, suffragist

Gloria Menéndez Mina (2 November 1913 - 28 August 2014) was a Guatemalan writer and women's rights activist who was involved in the women's suffrage movement in Guatemala. One of the first women to participate in journalism in the country, she directed the magazines Mujer and Azul. In her later career, she served as a press attaché in Mexico and was known for her book, Francisco Javier Mina, héroe de México y España (Francisco Javier Mina, Hero of Mexico and Spain).

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