María de los Dolores Izaguirre Castañares, married name María Dolores Izaguirre de Ruiz, (11 November 1891 – 18 January 1979) was the First Lady of Mexico during the years 1952-1958 when her husband Adolfo Ruiz Cortines was President.[1][2][3]

Her marriage to Ruiz Cortines was her third marriage, in 1941, although they had known each other since adolescence. They separated in the late 1960s after he had left office, and he died in 1973.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Martini, Maria (13 April 2008). "María de los Dolores Izaguirre Castañeda, Primera dama". Noroeste. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b Juárez, Valeria. "María Izaguirre". Prezi. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ Sefchovich, Sara (2013). La suerte de la consorte: Las esposas de los gobernantes de México:historia de un olvido y relato de un fracaso. Editorial Oceano. ISBN 9786077353386. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by First Lady of Mexico
1952-1958
Succeeded by


Castro, Alicia Aguilar (2006). Primeras damas, las ausentes presentes : historia de mujeres mexicanas (PDF) (1st ed.). México, D.F.: Documentación y Estudios de Mujeres, DEMAC. ISBN 968-6851-60-7.