Palmira Cabrera de Ibarra
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Palmira Cabrera de Ibarra | |
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| Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the Arecibo district | |
| In office January 2, 1961 – March 7, 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 12, 1903 |
| Died | December 26, 1995 (aged 92) |
| Party | Popular Democratic Party (PPD) |
| Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico (BA) Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law (JD) |
| Profession | Politician, teacher, lawyer |
Palmira Cabrera de Ibarra was a Puerto Rican politician from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). Cabrera de Ibarra was the first woman to serve as member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1960 to 1968 in the Arecibo Senatorial district.
She was born in the Cienegueta ward of Vega Alta on May 12, 1903. Her parents were Lorenzo Cabrera and Plácida Vázquez. Her father was mayor of Vega Alta from 1920 to 1924. She studied until eighth grade in Vega Alta; Secondary grades he studied at the University of Puerto Rico High School in Río Piedras. After graduating, he began teaching in the Candelaria neighborhood at the young age of 19. Later on she entered the University of Puerto Rico and graduated from the Normal Course, becoming an English teacher in the urban area of Vega Alta. In 1940, he completed the B.A. in Pedagogy at the University of Puerto Rico. In 1964 she earned a Juris Doctor from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law.[1]