María Carmen Caviglia de Boeykens (14 July 1895 – 2 August 1985)[1] was an Argentine politician. She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1951 as one of the first group of female parliamentarians in Argentina.
María Caviglia | |
|---|---|
| National Deputy | |
| In office 1952–1955 | |
| Constituency | Entre Rios |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 July 1895 Paraná, Argentina |
| Died | 2 August 1985 (aged 90) Paraná, Argentina |
Biography edit
Caviglia was born in Paraná in 1895 into a family of Italian immigrants.[1] She married Bendictus Alfonso Boykens at the age of 17 and went on to have five children.[1]
She became involved in politics at the age of 23 when she attended a women's rights conference organised by Alicia Moreau de Justo, and a few years later met politician Hipólito Yrigoyen, when he became godfather to one of her nephews.[1] She organised a women's suffrage centre in Paraná, which attracted the attention of Eva Perón. She was also involved in achieving a doubling of pay for teachers in poor rural areas and established centres for preventing Chagas disease.[2]
In the 1951 legislative elections she was a Peronist Party candidate in Entre Rios and was one of the 26 women elected to the Chamber of Deputies.[3] She remained in office until 1955, when her term was cut short by the Revolución Libertadora,[4] during which she was imprisoned.[1]
She died in Paraná in 1985 at the age of 90.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Orden del día Nº 2711; Mayans, María S.; 27 August 2001; Cámara de Diputados de la Nación
- ^ Una plaza con el nombre de la primera diputada nacional Entre Rios Ahora, 23 April 2017
- ^ Primeras diputadas Pagina12
- ^ Nómina alfabética de diputados de la Nación, período 1854-1991: (al 31-5-1991), Cámara de Diputados de la Nación, 1991, p69