Clara González, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Clara González

Panamanian activist

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1900

Place of Birth: Remedios, Panama

Date of Death: 11-Feb-1991

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: Panama

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Clara Gonzalez (1898–1990) was the first Panamanian woman to earn her Bachelor of Law Degree in 1922.
She created the National Feminist Party and pressed for suffrage for women by creating a school to teach them political responsibility.
She was the first Latin American woman to earn a doctorate in law.
She served in the Constitutional Assembly which finally granted women emancipation in 1946 and was the first Panamanian woman named as a Juvenile Court judge.
She assisted in drafting the Juvenile Code and founded the Chapala Juvenile Reformatory.