Carmen Clemente Travieso

Carmen Clemente Travieso
Born(1900-07-24)24 July 1900
Caracas, Venezuela
Died24 January 1983(1983-01-24) (aged 82)
Caracas, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan
Occupation(s)journalist, suffrage activist, human rights activist
Years active1930–1977

Carmen Clemente Travieso (1900–1983) was a Venezuelan journalist and women's rights activist. She was the first graduate of the Central University of Venezuela as a reporter and one of the first women employed as a full-time journalist in Venezuela. She was one of the earliest group of women who joined the Communist Party of Venezuela and worked actively for women's suffrage. She was a co-founder of an organization in favor of prison reform and a co-founder of the Venezuelan Association of Journalists.