death_date death_place years_active birth_place other_names nationality name birth_date known_for image article_title birth_name occupation
11 february 1990 panama city , panama 1921-1964 remedios , chiriquí province , panama clara gonzález carrillo de behringer panamanian clara gonzález 11 september 1898 first panamanian woman to earn a law degree clara gonzález.jpg clara gonzález
 clara gonzález carrillo lawyer , deputy , academic , feminist
clara gonzález

clara gonzalez -lrb- 1898 -- 1990 -rrb- was the first panamanian woman to earn her bachelor of law degree in 1922 .
she created the national feminist party and pressed for suffrage for women by creating a school to teach them political responsibility .
she was the first latin american woman to earn a doctorate in law .
she served in the constitutional assembly which finally granted women emancipation in 1946 and was the first panamanian woman named as a juvenile court judge .
she assisted in drafting the juvenile code and founded the chapala juvenile reformatory .
