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]

References

^ Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis; Niven, Mr. Steven J. (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 484–. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
^ Lima-Neves, Terza Silva (30 September 2012). "Gomes, Isaura". Oxford African American Studies Center. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ "Mayor of São Vicente resigns". A Semana. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[AkyeampongGates2012-1] Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis; Niven, Mr. Steven J. (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 484–. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.

[2] Lima-Neves, Terza Silva (30 September 2012). "Gomes, Isaura". Oxford African American Studies Center. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[3] "Mayor of São Vicente resigns". A Semana. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

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