death_date death_place years_active birth_place nationality name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
1991 1904 veracruz , panama 1919 -- 1951 panama city , panama panamanian gumercinda páez 13 january 1904 gumercinda_páez . jpg gumercinda páez
 gumercinda páez villarreal educator , suffragist , politician , writer
gumercinda páez

gumercinda páez -lrb- 1904-1991 -rrb- was a teacher , women 's rights activist and suffragette , and constituent assemblywoman of panama .
she was the first woman deputy to serve the national assembly for the panamá province and was a vice president of the constituent assembly of panama in 1946 , being also the first woman to serve in that position .
as a woman of mixed heritage , she was acutely aware of bias and strove for policies of inclusion .
