Ana María Simo
Cofounded by Cuban activist and playwright Ana Maria Simo in 1992, the Lesbian Avengers used direct-action tactics (nonviolent demonstrations such as marches and kiss-ins) to increase lesbian visibility.
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Vilma Espín
One of the first women in Cuba to study chemical engineering, graduating from the Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois was mostly known as one of the leading Cuban revolutionaries, feminist, and wife of Raúl Castro.
Cecilia Concepción Alvarez
American artist Cecilia Concepción Alvarez developed a national reputation for her paintings, which reflects her experiences as a Chicana/Cubana as she expresses her own vision of beauty and strength.
Livia Sedeño
Cuban-Mexican novelist and poet
Dr Serena M Auñón-Chancellor
American astronaut, medical doctor and engineer
Leslie Sainz
Cuban-American poet
Carolina Ebeid
American poet
Loreta Velazquez
Loreta Velazquez published her memoirs in 1876. She served the Confederacy as Lt. Harry Buford, a self-financed soldier not officially attached to any regiment.
Flora Díaz Parrado
Cuban lawyer and women’s rights activist
Elena Diaz-Verson Amos
Philanthropist Elena Diaz-Verson Amos, a Cuban immigrant, was active in educational, philanthropic, and political causes and dedicated to increasing intercultural understanding in Georgia.