Aurora Jiménez de Palacios

Aurora Jiménez de Palacios (December 9, 1922 – April 15, 1958) was a Mexican lawyer and politician who became the first female federal deputy in Mexico.[1][2]

Aurora Jiménez de Palacios
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Baja California′s at-large district
In office
September 7, 1954 – August 31, 1955
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
Born(1922-12-09)December 9, 1922
Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico
DiedApril 15, 1958(1958-04-15) (aged 32)
Cause of deathPlane crash
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary Party

In 1937 she participated in the formation of the Confederation of Mexican Workers, in Culiacán, Sinaloa.[3]

She was a graduate of the University of Guadalajara in 1947.[1] Also in 1947, Martha Aurora married José Cruz Palacios Sánchez and changed her residence to the city of Mexicali, where her husband was originally from.[4]

Later she represented Baja California as a federal deputy in the 42nd Legislature.[5][6] She was the first female federal deputy in Mexico.[1]

She was killed in a plane crash on April 15, 1958.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Roderic Ai Camp (October 1, 2011). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009: Fourth Edition. University of Texas Press. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-0-292-79902-8.
  2. ^ The First Two Years of the Ruiz Cortines Administration, pg. 18, Patricia Ann Parsons, Department of Hispanic American Studies, Stanford University, 1955
  3. ^ a b Cervantes, Erika (July 7, 2009). "Martha Aurora Jiménez de Palacios". Cimacnoticias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "Martha Aurora Jiménez de Palacios | Cimac Noticias". August 4, 2016. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  5. ^ Dear, Michael; Leclerc, Gustavo (November 12, 2013). Peopling Baja California. Routledge. p. 107. ISBN 9781317794035. Retrieved July 4, 2016 – via Google Books. In 1953, Baja California elected Aurora Jiménez de Palacios as the first woman to serve in the Mexican national congress. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Ai Camp, Roderic (October 1, 2011). 1952–1955 (42nd Legislature) (4th ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 1092. ISBN 9780292726345. Retrieved July 4, 2016 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)