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Consuelo Reyes-Calderón
Consuelo Reyes-Calderón, also known as Consuelo Reyes, (September 14, 1904 – circa 1986) was born in Costa Rica and became a naturalized American. She was an author and activist, working for the Peoples Mandate Committee for Inter-American Peace and Cooperation and National Woman's Party. She created audio-visual materials, such as film strips and slide presentations with audio. She wrote about Costa Rican and Guatemalan people and culture. Early life Born Consuelo De Jesus Calderón Reyes in San Jose, Costa Rica on September 14, 1904, her mother was Maria Calderón. Career Costa Rica From 1926 to 1941, Consuelo Reyes-Calderón worked for the ''Secretariat of the Apostolado de la Oración'' (Administrative Office of the Apostleship of Prayer). In 1941, she was a librarian at the ''Biblioteca Apostolica de la Oracion'' (Apostolic Library of Prayer). Also in 1941, Reyes-Calderón visited Guatemala at the invitation of :es:Aída Doninelli, Aida Doninelli to study at the '':es:Conse ...
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National Woman's Party
The National Woman's Party (NWP) was an American women's political organization formed in 1916 to fight for women's suffrage. After achieving this goal with the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the NWP advocated for other issues including the Equal Rights Amendment. The most prominent leader of the National Woman's Party was Alice Paul, and its most notable event was the 1917–1919 Silent Sentinels vigil outside the gates of the White House. On January 1, 2021, NWP ceased operations as an independent non-profit organization and assigned its trademark rights and other uses of the party's name to the educational non-profit, Alice Paul Institute. The Alice Paul Institute has invited three members of NWP Board of Directors to join their board and in the near future will create a new committee to "advise on a potential expansion of programs to the Washington, DC area and nationally". The papers and artifacts of the NWP, were donated to the ...
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