Anacarsis Cardona de Salonia

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Anacarsis Cardona de Salonia
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
1958–1960
ConstituencyCaldas
Personal details
Born(1929-07-04)4 July 1929
Sevilla, Colombia
Died17 November 1987(1987-11-17) (aged 58)
Bogotá, Colombia

Anacarsis Cardona de Salonia (4 July 1929 – 17 November 1987)[1] was a Colombian lawyer and politician. She was elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 1958 as one of the first group of women to enter Congress.

Biography[edit]

A member of the Liberal Party,[2] Cardona was a candidate in Caldas in the 1958 parliamentary elections and was elected to the Chamber of Representatives, becoming one of the first group of women to enter Congress.[3] She remained a member until the 1960 elections.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Echeverri González, Gabriel. "Me encontré en la vida con… Anacarsis Cardona Toro". La Cronica del Quindio. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. ^ Las mujeres La Crónica, 7 November 2019
  3. ^ 40 Años del voto de la mujer en Colombia Archived 1 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine p23
  4. ^ Erika Andreina López Rudas (2018) La incorporación de las mujeres quindianas al espacio cultural Visto desde la revista numen 1930–1970