Elvira Rodríguez Leonardi
Elvira Rodríguez Leonardi | |
|---|---|
| National Senator | |
| In office 1952–1954 | |
| Constituency | Córdoba |
Elvira Rodríguez Leonardi de Rosales was an Argentine politician. She was elected to the Senate in 1951 as one of the first group of female parliamentarians in Argentina.
Biography
[edit]In the 1951 legislative elections Rodríguez Leonardi was a Peronist Party candidate and one of six women elected to the Senate.[1] Representing Córdoba, she sat on the Constitutional Affairs committee and served as secretary of the Budget and Finance committee.[2] She resigned from the Senate in December 1954 due to her opposition to a bill legalising divorce. She was subsequently expelled from the Peronist Party and also prevented from returning to her previous job as a teacher.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Conmemoraron el Día Nacional de los Derechos Políticos de la Mujer Parlamentario, 24 September 2019
- ^ Diario de sesiones de la Cámara de Senadores, Senado de la Nación, 1952
- ^ James Brennan (2016) Region and Nation: Politics, Economy and Society in Twentieth Century Argentina p152