WOMEN

Mexican Women

Frida Kahlo


" Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderón (Coyoacán, July 6, 1907-ibidem, July 13, 1954) was a Mexican painter. His life was marked by the misfortune of polio and then a serious accident in his youth Bedridden for long periods, reaching up to 32 surgeries. She was the author of some 200 works, mainly self-portraits, in the project."

Elena Poniatowska


" Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska (Paris, May 19, 1932), known as Elena Poniatowska, is a writer, journalist and activist born in Mexico during World War II. His literary work has a marked social and political orientation in which it is classified in the formula, which has been called, testimonial polyphony. His most recognized work is "La Noche de Tlatelolco", a collection of memorabilia about the work in the Plaza de Tlatelolco on October 2, 1968. He has received many awards and international and national awards, including the Cervantes Prize in The year 2013."

Alondra de la Parra


"Alondra de la Parra (New York, October 31, 1980) is a Mexican orchestra director. She is founder and artistic director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas based in New York and Cultural Ambassador of Tourism of Mexico. In addition, she is the musical director of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in Australia, becoming the first woman to hold that position in an Australian orchestra."

Rosario Espinoza


" María del Rosario Espinoza (La Brecha, Mexico, November 29, 1987) is a Mexican athlete competing in taekwondo. Olympic champion in Beijing 2008. On August 23, 2008, she won the gold medal in the Olympic Games in Beijing, defeating the Norwegian Nina Solheim by a score of 3-1, proclaimed champion of taekwondo in the modality of +67 kg, in the Gymnasium of the University of Science and Technology of Beijing.
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