Felisa Rinc%C3%B3n de Gautier
Felisa Rincn de Gautier was the first woman to be elected as the Mayor of a capital city in The Americas.
Rincn de Gautier was born on January 9, 1897 in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. The oldest of all siblings , she was politically influenced by her father, attorney Enrique Rincn Plumey, family of an earlier Mayor of Yabucoa. Her mother, teacher Rita Marrero Rivera, died when she was aroundyears old. However, her father was determined to give her the best education possible. She went to school in Fajardo, Humacao and Santurce although she did not graduate from high school in the summers she visited her uncle in San Lorenzo where she learned how to prepare medications pharmacy and became a pharmacist.
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