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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ávalos and the second or maternal family name is Méndez.
Blanca Ávalos de Méndez
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
1956–1960

Blanca Alicia Ávalos de Méndez was a Salvadoran politician. In 1956 she became one of the first group of women to be elected the Legislative Assembly. She remained a member until 1960.

Biography

Ávalos was a Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification (PRUD) candidate in the 1956 parliamentary elections. With the PRUD winning all 54 seats, she became one of the first group of four women to enter the Legislative Assembly.[1] She was re-elected in 1958, serving until 1960.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ignacia Everilda Lobo, una de las primeras mujeres en votar en El Salvador en 1950 El Salvador, 27 January 2019
  2. ^ Hacia la participación política de las mujeres en El Salvador Legislative Assembly
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