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Felisa Rincón de Gautier
Puerto Rican mayor
Felisa Rincón de Gautier[note 1] (née Rincón y Marrero), also known as Doña Fela,[1] (January 9, 1897 – September 16, 1994) was a Puerto Rican politician who served as the mayor of the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
She was the first woman to be elected as mayor of a capital city in the Americas.[2]
Early years
Rincón de Gautier was born on January 9, 1897, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico.
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She was the oldest of nine children[1] — Felisa, Josefina, Cecilia, Esilda, Ramón, Rafael, Enrique, and Rita. Her father, attorney Enrique Rincón Plumey, was of Spanish descent; her direct paternal grandfather, Francisco Rincón Martín, came from Salamanca, Spain.[3] She was politically influenced by her father, who was from the family of an earlier Mayor of Yabucoa.[who?] Her mother, teacher Rita Marrero Rivera, died when she was around 11 years old.
After her mother died,