Estela Quesada, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Estela Quesada

Costa Rican lawyer (1924-2011)

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1924

Place of Birth: Alajuela, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: lawyer, diplomat, suffragette

Nationality: Costa Rica

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Estela Quesada (1924–2011) was a Costa Rican teacher, lawyer and politician.
She was one of the first three women elected to the Costa Rican legislature in the first election after women attained enfranchisement.
She was the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position in Costa Rica as Minister of Education and was later the first woman to serve as minister of Labor and Social Security.
She was inducted into the National Women's Institute Gallery as an Outstanding Woman of Costa Rica in 2009.