Consuelo Vázquez Bello

Consuelo Vázquez Bello was a Cuban politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1936 as one of the first group of women to enter Congress.

Consuelo Vázquez Bello
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1936–1942
ConstituencySanta Clara Province

Biography

The sister of Clemente Vázquez Bello, President of the Senate from 1925 to 1932, Vázquez was a Liberal Party candidate for the House of Representatives in Santa Clara Province in the 1936 general elections, the first in which women could vote, and was one of seven women elected.[1] She was the first woman to submit a bill, presenting one on agrarian reform, although it failed to be approved.[2] She was re-elected in 1938, serving in the House until 1942.[3][4]

References
  1. Velia Cecilia Bobes (2007) La nación inconclusa: (Re) constituciones de la ciudadanía y la identidad nacional en Cuba p236
  2. Mujeres en el Congreso Juventud Rebelde, 12 April 2015
  3. En Cuba sólo han sido Representates veinte mujeres, desde el 1936 Diario de la Marina, 14 December 1955
  4. Julio César González Pagés (2003) En busca de un espacio--historia de mujeres en Cuba, p127
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