Elena Mederos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elena Mederos

Cuban activist, feminist, social reformer

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1900

Place of Birth: Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Date of Death: 25-Sep-1981

Profession: politician, human rights activist, social activist, suffragist

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Elena Inés Mederos y Cabañas de González (13 January 1900 - 25 September 1981) was a Cuban human rights and women's rights activist, a feminist, and social reformer.
She was the first Minister of Social Work in Cuba. Mederos founded several organizations including the School of Social Services at the University of Havana; the Foundation for Social Services, which developed programs for children's organizations in Cuba; "Of Human Rights" (New York City, 1961); and a Cuban exile lobby that worked for the release of political prisoners.
A suffragist, Mederos was a co-founder of the Alianza Nacional Feminista, a suffragist organization active in Cuba during the 1920s.
She was the founding vice president of the National Association of Cuban American Women (NACAW).
Mederos is "considered the most prominent Cuban woman of the 20th century".