Serafina Davalos (1883-1957) was a Paraguayan lawyer, educator and feminist who became the first woman to earn a law degree in Paraguay, graduating in 1907. In her graduate thesis she argued for full legal equality between women and men, an unusually radical position in early 20th-century Paraguay, and she went on to found a school for girls that emphasized practical and vocational education alongside academic subjects. Though her feminist ideas met considerable resistance in her own lifetime, she is remembered in Paraguay as a pioneering figure in the country's women's rights movement.
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RoleLawyer and feminist; first female lawyer in Paraguay and the country's first prominent feminist 1 BirthplaceAjos (now Coronel Oviedo), Paraguay 1 Role
Role (category) Role (category)Civil Rights / Social Leader 1 FAQs
Which feminist organizations did Serafina Dávalos help found?
She helped found the Committee of Women for Peace, the Feminist Movement for Asunción, the Paraguayan Feminist Center and the Paraguayan League for the Rights of Women.
Dávalos founded or cofounded several organizations beyond her law career. In 1904 she and twenty other women founded the Committee of Women for Peace. With Virginia Corvalán and others she later founded the Feminist Movement for Asunción in 1919, the Paraguayan Feminist Center in 1921, the Feminine Union of Paraguay and the Paraguayan League for the Rights of Women. She was also Paraguay's official delegate to the first International Feminist Congress, held in Argentina in 1910, and was later chosen Honorary President of the National Council of Women of Paraguay.
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Serafina Dávalos Alfonso (9 September 1883-27 September 1957) was the first female lawyer in Paraguay, and the country's first prominent feminist.
Early life section, opening sentence
She was born in the Paraguayan city of Ajos (now Coronel Oviedo).
Serafina Davalos: Gender
In her graduate thesis she argued for full legal equality between women and men, an unusually radical position in early 20th-century Paraguay, and she went on to found a school for girls that emphasized practical and vocational education alongside academic subjects.
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Infobox: born 1883-9-9; died 1957-9-27
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