Pedro Albizu Campos
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Pedro Albizu Campos was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and a leading figure in a small but significant Puerto Rican independence movement. He was the president and spokesperson of the Nationa
Campos in a U.S. military uniform, c. 1916
Lieutenant Pedro Albizu Campos (U.S. Army)
Pedro Albizu Campos in 1936.
The Ponce Massacre, 1937. Carlos Torres Morales, a photo journalist for the newspaper El Imparcial, took this when the shooting began.
Laura Meneses
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Laura Meneses del Carpio was the first Latin American in 1920 to be accepted into Radcliffe College, the women's educational institution affiliated with Harvard University. She earned a doctorate in n
Pedro Albizu Campos
…received his law degree by mail. He passed the bar exam and was admitted to the bar in Puerto Rico on February 11, 1924. In 1922, Albizu married Dr. Laura Meneses, a Peruvian biochemist whom he had met at Harvard University. They had three children named Pedro, Laura, and Rosa Emilia. Albizu also had a child named…
Laura Meneses del Carpio. First woman in Lima who obtained a degree in San Marcos (Variedades Magazine, 1913).