Magdalena Antonelli Moreno

Magdalena Antonelli Moreno (9 May 1877 – 1955) was a Uruguayan politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to General Assembly, serving in the Chamber of Representatives from 1943 to 1947.

Magdalena Antonelli Moreno
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
1943–1947
ConstituencyMontevideo
Personal details
Born9 May 1877[1]
San Carlos, Uruguay
Died1955

Biography

Antonelli was born in San Carlos in 1877. She became head of the Women's Committee for Peace through Democracy of Uruguay.[2]

In the 1942 general elections she was placed eleventh on the Colorado Party list for Montevideo, and was elected to the Chamber of Representatives as the party won 13 seats,[3] becoming one of the first group of four women in Congress. In 1946 her proposed amendments to the Civil Code to introduce gender equality were approved by Congress.[4] She lost her seat in the 1946 elections, but subsequently served as an substitute member on several occasions.[3]

References
  1. Mabel Barboza (1996) Historias locales del Uruguay: 1. San Carlos, p189
  2. Pan American Union Bulletin, volume 81, p40
  3. Las mujeres uruguayas están en el Parlamento desde hace 68 años La República, 9 March 2011
  4. Asuncion Lavrin (1998) Women, Feminism, and Social Change in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, 1890-1940, p223


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