Polita Grau

Polita Grau (born Maria Leopoldina Grau-Alsina 19 November 1915–22 March 2000) was the First Lady of Cuba, a Cuban political prisoner, and the "godmother" of Operation Peter Pan, also known as Operación Pedro Pan, a program which facilitated the exodus of over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban minors (ages 6 to 18) to the United States between the years 1960 and 1962, following the Cuban Revolution. Grau worked with the Roman Catholic Church, particularly Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh, and the U.S. State Department to place Cuban children in camps and foster homes; many of these children were never reunited with their parents.