María Teresa Obregón Zamora
Costa Rican politician
María Teresa Obregón Zamora (1888-1956) was a teacher, suffragist and politician in Costa Rica. She was part of the group that formed the Asociación Nacional de Educadores (ANDE) (National Association of Educators) and fought for women's enfranchisement. After winning the vote, she helped found the National Liberation Party of Costa Rica and was one of the first three women elected as a Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica. In 2002, Obregón was honored as one of the inaugural group of women inducted into La Galería de las Mujeres de Costa Rica (The Women's Gallery of Costa Rica).
Early life
María Teresa Obregón Zamora was born on 7 March 1888 in Alajuela, Costa Rica. Her parents were teachers and she was the niece of the educator and founder of the national library, Miguel Obregón Lizano. After completing her primary education at Escuela Central in Alajuela, Obregón attended the Colegio Superior de Señoritas, earning her teaching credentials in 1905.
Career
Obregón began teaching the following year at the Escuela Superior de Niñas N° 2 (Girl's High School #2), which later became Escuela Julia Lang (Julia Lang High School). She taught at the school until 1916 and the following year married the educator and intellectual Omar Dengo Guerrero, who was the first director of the country's Normal School. The couple had four children, Jorge Manuel, Omar, Gabriel and María Eugenia and raised them in the city of Heredia.
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