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Bertha Valverde

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Bertha Valverde
Born1905
Died1988
NationalityEcuador
Other namesBerta Valverde de Duarte
Occupation(s)physician and politician
Known forfirst Ecuadorian elected woman politician
Political partySocialist Party
ChildrenÁngel Duarte Valverde

Bertha Valverde Álvarez de Duarte (1905 – 1988) was an Ecuadorian politician and medic. She was first Ecuadorian woman elected to public office in 1930.

Life

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Valverde was born in 1905.[1]

In a "triumph of feminism" in 1930[2] she was elected councilor of Guayaquil as the Socialist Party candidate. She was the first Ecuadorian woman to win an election to hold public office.[3] The same year she briefly held the position of political head of Guayaquil.[1]

In 1931 she graduated from the University of Guayaquil as an obstetician. She was a medical physician for forty years.[4]

In 1934 her son, Ángel Duarte Valverde was born. He would hold high office and stand to be President.[5]

Death and legacy

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She died in 1988[1] and she was survived by her son Ángel.[5] A school was named for her in her home town.[6] The centenary of her birth was marked by the National Academy of History in Guayaquil.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Guayaquileñas en el municipio de su ciudad | La Revista | EL UNIVERSO". www.larevista.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  2. ^ "Hechos destacados sobre derechos humanos que EL UNIVERSO informó durante 95 años". El Universo (in Spanish). 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  3. ^ Quintero, Rafael Torres; López, Rafael Quintero (2005). El mito del populismo: análisis de los fundamentos del Estado ecuatoriano moderno, 1895-1934 (in Spanish). Editorial Abya Yala. ISBN 978-9978-04-845-0.
  4. ^ "Homenaje póstumo a la Dra. Bertha Valverde". El Universo (in Spanish). 2005-07-14. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  5. ^ a b "Fallece a los 89 años, Ángel Duarte Valverde, ex candidato presidencial – Periodico Expectativa – Noticias de Ibarra Imbabura Ecuador" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  6. ^ López Sánchez, Rafael Alfonso (2021). "Escuela de padres para la mejora de la comunicación familiar en los alumnos del 6to grado de la Escuela Bertha Valverde - Guayaquil Ecuador 2020". Repositorio Institucional - UCV.
  7. ^ "Homenaje póstumo a la Dra. Bertha Valverde". El Universo (in Spanish). 2005-07-14. Retrieved 2024-10-19.