Alicia Cañas Zañartu

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cañas and the second or maternal family name is Zañartu.

Alicia Cañas Zañartu (Paris, France, August 1901 - Santiago, Chile, March 27, 2002) was a Chilean politician. In 1935, she was the first woman elected to public office by popular vote in the country. Through this vote, became the first woman mayor in Providencia, the first woman mayor in Chilean history.[1] She was the daughter-in-law of Juan Luis Sanfuentes, President of Chile.

References

  1. ↑ Falino, Louis P. (1996). The Bi-national Center and U.S. Foreign Policy. North-South Center, University of Miami. ISBN 978-1-57454-020-8.


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