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Masterpiece Theatre | American Collection | Almost a Woman - PBS  Over time, the port becomes known as San Juan and the whole island as Puerto ... Sugarcane production, previously small-scale, is increased through the ... Early U.S. governors are preoccupied with "Americanizing" Puerto Rican ... In November the mayor of San Juan, Sila M. Caldern, is elected Puerto Rico's first woman...
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Sila Mara Caldern - Wikipedia  Sila Mara Caldern Serra (born September 23, 1942) is a Puerto Rican politician, businesswoman, and philanthropist who served as the eighth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. She is the first and, to date, only woman elected to that office. ... Sila Caldern was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 23, 1942 to...
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This Day in History January 2, 1949 | Mystic Stamp Discovery Center  Jan 2, 2016 ... Puerto Rico became a Commonwealth of the United States in 1952, and ... Sila Caldern became the first woman to be elected Governor of Puerto Rico ... Caldern previously served as mayor of San Juan from 1997-2001.
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Sila Maria Calderon | governor of Puerto Rico | Britannica.com  Sila Mara Caldern, (born September 23, 1942, San Juan, Puerto Rico) Puerto ... she became his executive assistant in the administration of Governor Rafael Hernndez Coln. ... In 1996 Caldern was elected mayor of San Juan, and she was ... and in 2001 she was sworn in as the commonwealth's first woman governor.
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1949 3c Puerto Rico Election for sale at Mystic Stamp Company  U.S. #983 1949 3 Puerto Rico Elections Issue Issue Date: April 27, 1949 City: San Juan, ... Puerto Rico became a Commonwealth of the United States in 1952, and ... Sila Caldern became the first woman to be elected Governor of Puerto Rico when ... Caldern previously served as Mayor of San Juan from 1997-2001.
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Governor Christine Todd Whitman Biography | Center on the ...  Christine Todd Whitman, the 50th Governor of the State of New Jersey, and its first woman governor, was elected on November 3, 1993 by a 1% margin or...
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History of Puerto Rico: 1950 - 2014  The U.S. Congress had conferred commonwealth status on Puerto Rico and upgraded ... On March 1, Puerto Rican nationalists (Lolita Lebron, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Irvin ... On November 5, Luis A. Ferr, leader of a pro-statehood party, is elected ... and Irving Flores were freed from prison. who were in prison since 1954.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico  San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico is the oldest city on US territory. ... He founded the original settlement in Caparra, now known as Pueblo Viejo, behind ... Old San Juan is a main spot for local and internal tourism and attracts many .... El Morro Fortress is a National Historic Site administered by the National Park Service.
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Juan Ponce de Len - Explorer - Biography.com  Jul 28, 2015 ... After sailing on Christopher Columbus's second voyage to the New ... He gave Florida its name and went on to become the first governor of Puerto Rico. ... He eventually became a soldier and fought against the the Moors in Granada. ... Upon returning to Puerto Rico later that year, Ponce de Len found the...
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Wyoming Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross, first woman governor in the ...  See more about Wyoming, Happy Birthday and Women's. ... Nellie Tayloe Ross, on January 5, 1925, became the first female governor in. Save ... Ross was the first female governor in the United States. She and Ma Ferguson of Texas were both elected on November 5, 1924, but Ross took office before Ferguson. (Wyoming...
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Elizabeth Nicholas Randolph | History of American Women  Jul 15, 2010 ... Wife of Edmund Randolph: First U.S. Attorney General ... Edmund was educated at the College of William and Mary. ... That convention adopted Virginia's first state constitution in 1776. ... He soon became Mayor of Williamsburg and then the State of .... He was buried at Old Chapel Cemetery nearby.
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Antonia C. Novello (1990-1993) | SurgeonGeneral.gov  Jan 4, 2007 ... She held various positions at NIH, rising to the job of Deputy Director of the National Institute of Child Health ... She was the first woman and the first Hispanic to hold the position. ... Dr. Novello became Commissioner of Health for the State of New York in 1999 ... U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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The Myth of Ponce de Len and the Fountain of Youth - History in ...  Apr 2, 2013 ... On April 2, 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Len and his crew became ... Spanish sources asserted that the Taino Indians of the Caribbean also ... In 1508 he received royal permission to colonize San Juan Bautista (now Puerto Rico). He became the island's first governor a year later, but was soon...
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The Ambition of Nellie Tayloe Ross | WyoHistory.org  Nellie Tayloe Ross, first woman governor in the nation, 1926. ... Roosevelt, a Republican, became the first Progressive president of the United States. .... of Public Instruction Estelle Reel was the first woman ever elected to statewide office. ... Gov. Nellie Ross, second from right, in Washington, D.C., 1925. Her friend Eula B.
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Blanco wins, prepares to take office in 2004 - Piney Woods Journal  Blanco wins, prepares to take office in 2004 ... Kathleen Babineaux Blanco became not only the first woman elected Governor of Louisiana but also the first...
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Juan Ponce de Leon | Spanish explorer | Britannica.com  Feb 2, 2016 ... He then returned to Hispaniola and was named governor of Puerto Rico but was ... He led a privately outfitted expedition from Puerto Rico in March 1513 and in ... In 1521 Ponce de Len sailed again for Florida, with two ships and 200 men, ... in Hernn Corts, marqus del Valle de Oaxaca: Later years.
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NYC 100 -- NYC Mayors - The First 100 Years - NYC.gov  Van Wyck's unremarkable tenure as the first mayor of Greater New York rejuvenated ... On January 1, 1910, he walked to City Hall from his home in Brooklyn  it was the first ..... Edward I. Koch was elected the 105th Mayor of New York City in 1977. ... On January 1, 1990, David N. Dinkins was sworn in as the first African...
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Nancy Pelosi - U.S. Representative - Biography.com  Feb 24, 2016 ... Politician Nancy Pelosi became the first female Democratic Leader of the ... Her father served in Congress and was the mayor of Baltimore for twelve years. ... After the Democrats won majorities in both the House and the Senate in the ... to become the first woman to take the post of Speaker of the House.
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Maryland Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend  [photo, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maryland Lt. Governor] ... Character Education Partnership; National Institute for Women's Policy Research. ... She led Maryland in becoming the first state to require community service as a ... in the U.S. Department of Justice; chaired the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation; and...
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Gov. Miriam Amanda Ferguson - National Governors Association  Born in Bell County, Texas, MIRIAM A. ("MA") FERGUSON attended Salado ... for the governor's race of 1924, "Ma" Ferguson entered and won the race, becoming the first woman to be elected to the office of governor and the second to be sworn in. ... the first woman to be sworn in as governor after the death of her husband.
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Portia Simpson Miller | prime minister of Jamaica | Britannica.com  Mar 14, 2016 ... Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller at her first inauguration, ... (19782006) and heading its Women's Movement (19832006).