Elena Mederos

Elena Inés Mederos y Cabañas de González (13 January 1900 - 25 September 1981) was a Cuban human rights and women's rights activist, a feminist, and social reformer.[1] She was the first Minister of Social Work in Cuba.

Mederos founded several organizations including the School of Social Services at the University of Havana; the Foundation for Social Services, which developed programs for children's organizations in Cuba; "Of Human Rights" (New York City, 1961);[2] and a Cuban exile lobby that worked for the release of political prisoners. A suffragist,[3] Mederos was a co-founder of the Alianza Nacional Feminista,[4] a suffragist organization active in Cuba during the 1920s. She was the founding vice president of the National Association of Cuban American Women (NACAW).[5] Mederos is "considered the most prominent Cuban woman of the 20th century".[6]

  1. ^ Stoner 1991, p. ix.
  2. ^ Ruiz & Korrol 2006, p. 22.
  3. ^ Pedraza 2007, p. 62.
  4. ^ Stoner 1991, p. 143.
  5. ^ Nardone, Christine (15 March 2002). "Being honored National Cuban women's association gives UC educator award". Hudson Reporter. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. ^ US Congress 2011, p. 7593.