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Colombia, she became the first woman to be appointed to serve in a national legislative position in Colombia as part of the National Constituent Assembly in 1954 where she helped introduce what would eventually be the
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Rights and
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to be studied and debated by the Assembly. On 25 August 1954 the
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as her alternate. They joined forces and introduced the
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that had been started by his predecessor, the deposed
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450:Legislative Act on the Citizenship of Women
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609:40 Years of Women's Suffrage in Colombia
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545:Méndez Valencia, María Alexandra.
462:which modified Article 171 of the
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733:[The Women Who Acted].
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328:Colombian Constitution of 1886
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422:National Constituent Assembly
244:Guillermo León Valencia Muñóz
200:Museo Guillermo León Valencia
88:Próspero Carbonell MacAusland
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239:Guillermo Valencia Castillo
23:Josefina Valencia de Hubach
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418:National Popular Alliance
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470:to all Colombian women.
346:on 22 September 1913 to
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152:Josefina Valencia Muñóz
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306:cabinet-level position
254:Martha Hubach Valencia
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576:"Valencia, Guillermo"
479:Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
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459:Legislative Act No. 3
446:María Currea Manrique
410:Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
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414:military coup d'état
352:Josefina Muñoz Muñoz
298:Colombian department
256:Erna Hubach Valencia
878:Colombian feminists
491:Department of Cauca
412:came to power in a
376:Minister of Finance
679:University of Vigo
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468:universal suffrage
430:Conservative Party
390:, and Ambassador.
332:universal suffrage
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264:Politician
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158:1913-09-22
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