Born: 22 February 1931, United States
Died: 2 April 2019
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
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The 1980s witnessed Mexican American women winning public office. In 1988, Margarita López Prentice, a Democrat, won a seat representing the 11th District in the state House of Representatives; she was later elected to the state senate from that district. Before going into politics Prentice worked as a registered nurse for 30 years, and health care and worker protection were major concerns for her in the legislature. In 1989 she sponsored a bill that would require doctors to report pesticide poisoning cases to the state Department of Social and Health Services.