Born in Saltillo, Coahuila. Since she was a child, drawing was her passion, which then would interest her as a professional career when she first read a comic from “La Familia Burrón”. She was only 15 years old when this happened, but she was determined, so she looked for Gabriel Vargas, creator of this mythical … Continue reading “Palmira Garza, First Mexican Cartoonist”
Her real name was Umeko Miura, she was born in Otaru, Hokkaido on February 20, 1915, the seventh daughter of eight siblings. She and her family eventually moved to the Meguro district of Tokyo where she was raised along with her brothers. In 1928, she joined a female-only theater group called Takarazuka Revue, part of … Continue reading “Takiko Mizunoe, First Woman Producer on Japan”
María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías María Luisa was born in 1912 at Veracruz, Mexico. At a time, when women were destined for domestic tasks and with restricted access to professional education, at the age of 21, María Luisa entered to the Real Academy of Fine Arts. Later, on July 17th 1939, she received her Architect degree. … Continue reading “María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, The First Woman Architect in Mexico and Latin America”
“I am completely primitive and wild. I love freedom above all else” Aurora Reyes Aurora Reyes The activist, painter, poet and teacher Aurora Reyes was born on September 9, 1908 in Chihuahua Mexico, in a prestigious family that supported the government of Porfirio Diaz. During her childhood difficult times came, given the fall of the … Continue reading “Aurora Reyes, The First Woman Muralist in Mexico”
A pioneer of photography in Mexico, she was born in the city of Querétaro in 1874 in a well-off family. At an early age, she and her family moved to Mexico City, where she later installed a photographic studio, one of the first installed ones by a woman. Her photography stood out for making portraits, … Continue reading “Natalia Baquedano, pioneer female photographer and one of the first Mexican woman to open a photography studio”
Would you like to be in a school learning how to make the special effects for movies? Laura did it Laura Pedro Albiol She was born in 1989 in Barcelona, Spain She studied film at the Superior School of Cinema and Audiovisual of Catalonia (ESCAC) and specialized in visual effects Her first job as a … Continue reading “Laura Pedro is the first woman to win a Goya Award for Best Special Effects”
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Juana Inés de Asbaje, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, was born on November 12, 1651 in the State of Mexico, Mexico. She was one of the most important intellectuals in Mexico. She wrote poetry, plays and essays. She entered the Order of San Jerónimo to … Continue reading “Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, considered as the first female feminist in América”
Zaha Hadid The first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize, and until today the only woman to receive the Gold Medal of the Royal British Institute of Architects. She was born on October 31, 1950 in Iraq, in a high class family. Her mother was an artist and her father was a wealthy industrialist, co-founder … Continue reading “Zaha Hadid, first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize”
Gabriel Mistral December 1945, Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, better known as Gabriela Mistral, received the Nobel Prize for Literature, became the first woman in Latin America to receive this award. She was born in 1889 in a small town in Chile, daughter of a rural teacher who abandoned his family when Gabriela was 3 years old. … Continue reading “Gabriela Mistral, The First Latin American Woman To Win The Nobel Prize”
This is a project in continuous growth and we know there is much more information to be posted in this space. However, we are very happy to share and recognize some of the Pioneering Women in several fields, here you will find some of their names. Science and Technology First Woman to have flown in space, … Continue reading “Pioneering Women in Several Fields.”
