Isaura Gomes

Isaura Tavares Gomes (born 1944) is a Cape Verdean pharmacist, politician and women's rights activist. Representing the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, she was the first and only woman to become a deputy following Cape Verde's independence in 1975 and the country's first female mayor when she was elected mayor of São Vicente in 2004.[1][2][3]

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