Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón

Mexican politician and diplomat

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1898

Place of Birth: Jiménez Municipality, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Date of Death: 03-Jun-1986

Profession: diplomat, suffragette

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón (1898 - 1986) was a diplomat, cabinet minister, minister plenipotentiary, writer, president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, and the first female member of a presidential cabinet.
After studying at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, she distinguished herself by fighting in favor of women.
She was founder and chair of Club Internacional de Mujeres (1932) and the Ateneo Mexicano de Mujeres (1937).
She also founded the Teatro de Masas.
In the early 1940s, she was associated with the journal Hogar and in 1946-52, Castillo Ledón was a columnist for Excelsior.
She worked for securing women's voting in 1952.
Since 2012, her remains rest in the Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres.