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Dec 13, 1885 Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay Died on 01 Jan 0001 (aged 1884) Sagittarius
Isabel Pinto De Vidal - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Isabel Pinto De Vidal
- Isabel Pinto de Vidal (Montevideo, December 13, 1885 - 1969) was a Uruguayan feminist lawyer and politician, member of the Colorado Party.
- After the women's suffrage in Uruguay, the Batllist sector of the Colorado Party, in which Pinto de Vidal was active, entered the electoral campaign of 1942.
- For the first time in Uruguayan history, women were elected to parliament, Sofía Álvarez Vignoli and Isabel Pinto de Vidal were the first senators.
- In addition, Pinto de Vidal was the first woman to preside over the General Assembly.As Uruguay’s only female delegate to the United Nations Charter Conference in 1945, Pinto de Vidal worked to ensure women’s rights were referenced throughout early documents and legal frameworks.
- She introduced an amendment that “representation and participation in the organs of the Organization shall be open to both men and women under the same conditions.” Pinto de Vidal’s amendment was eventually included as Article 8 of the United Nations Charter.
