Ángela Constantina Romera Vera (11 March 1912 – 4 June 1990) was an Argentine legal scholar. Her country's first woman ambassador, she served as Argentina's representative in Panama from 1958 to 1962.
Ángela Romera Vera | |
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| Ambassador of Argentina to Panama | |
| In office October 1958 – April 1962 | |
| President | Arturo Frondizi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ángela Constantina Romera Vera 11 March 1912 Córdoba Province, Argentina |
| Died | 4 June 1990 (aged 78) Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Legal scholar |
Biography edit
Ángela Romera Vera was born in Córdoba Province on 3 March 1912.[1] At age four she emigrated to Spain, where she studied law and philosophy at the University of Zaragoza and the Complutense University of Madrid. At the latter, she was a student of José Ortega y Gasset. She returned to Argentina in 1936 after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.[1]
She ratified her doctorate in legal and social sciences at the National University of the Littoral (UNL) in Santa Fe, where she served as a full professor of sociology and interim adjunct of philosophy of law.[2] She was also a teacher at the Faculty of Education Sciences in Paraná, and taught philosophy, letters, and education sciences in Rosario. She was a member of the Directive Council of Law and the UNL Superior Council.[2] In 1958, she played a prominent role, along with other women, in the reform of the university statute.[2][3]
That October, she was appointed ambassador to Panama by President Arturo Frondizi.[4] She was the first Argentine woman to hold the position of ambassador.[3][5] She left the embassy in April 1962.[6]
Ángela Romera Vera died in Santa Fe on 4 June 1990.[1]
In 2012, she was the subject of a tribute by the UNL Cultural Forum.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Junio: mes de las Letras" [June: Month of Letters]. Sepa Argentina (in Spanish). 1 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Mujeres reformistas en la historia de la UNL" [Women Reformers in UNL History]. El Litoral (in Spanish). 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Reportaje a Ángela Romero Vera, primera embajadora argentina, 1958" [Report on Ángela Romero Vera, First Argentine Ambassador, 1958] (in Spanish). Radio y Televisión Argentina. 24 October 1958. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Decreto No. 7587/1958". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (in Spanish). 23 October 1958. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ a b "La UNL recordó a la Dra. Romera Vera" [UNL Remembers Dr. Romera Vera]. El Litoral (in Spanish). 16 November 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Decreto No. 3042/1962". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (in Spanish). 24 April 1962. Retrieved 8 July 2021.