Born: 7 April 1930, Cuba
Died: 18 June 2007
Country most active: Cuba
Also known as: Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois, Vilma Castro
The following was written by Nina Baker and is excerpted from the book From Alchemy to Transport Phenomena: A Global History of Women in Chemical Engineering.
One of the first women in Cuba to study chemical engineering, graduating from the Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois (1930-2007) was mostly known as one of the leading Cuban revolutionaries, feminist, and wife of Raúl Castro.