#latinahistory

[amorfirstbysfhonn]

September 20 today’s National Hispanic/ Latino Heritage month - EVA PERON:After her husband Became the President of Argentina in 1946 and she the First Lady of Argentina she became powerful within the pro-Peronist trade unions, primarily for speaking on behalf of labor rights. She also ran the Ministries of Labor and Health, founded and ran the charitable Eva Perón Foundation, championed women's suffrage in Argentina, and founded and ran the nation's first large-scale female political party, the Women's Peronist Party. She also ran for President Fun fact: She inspired the musical Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber.Madonna pal eyed her in adaptation on the silver screen opposite Antonio Banderas. . . . #evaperon #womensuffrage #latinahistory #laborrights #history #historialfigure #illustrator #ilustracao #artbysfhonn #artist #ilustraciones #artist #artwork #argentina #hispanicheritagemonth #latinoheritagemonth . (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFXdpBMnRnd/?igshid=19bi1lkyuyqtl

[amorfirstbysfhonn]

In celebration of the start of Hispanic Heritage month, today's Hispanic / late an women in history factoid - 𝙳𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝙳𝚎𝚕 𝚁𝚒𝚘 a Mexican actress, dancer and singer. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin American crossover star in Hollywood, with an outstanding career in American cinema in the 1920s and 1930s. Fun fact she recommend Mexican actor El indio Fernandez to her then husband Cedric Gibbons as the model for the Oscar statue. . . . #doloresdelrio #hispanicheritagemonth #doloresdelrio #latina #latinahistory #funfacts #artbysfhonn #latinaillustrator #latinahistory #latinaartist #ilustradora #ilustração #ilustradora (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFKTi65BcER/?igshid=gdvdzjyj3xgu

[thechocopriestess]

She Turned Faith to Civil Rights — Monroe County NOW

New history article is out. Hope you enjoy it.

[profkew]

Part III: On the set of "Rebel," the story of a woman who fought in the Civil War - O Say Can You See?

Tracing women's lives, and Latina women's lives, can be a challenge in this period. These are groups that have not always been deemed worthy of documenting or archiving. Women would take on their husband's name and disappear into his story, and Velazquez married multiple times. She was also hiding her identity as a soldier and later as a spy. So she was deliberately covering her tracks.