# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esilda-villa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:44:08.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esilda-villa"
name: "Esilda Villa"
slug: "esilda-villa"
description: "Esilda Villa was the first woman to become a lawyer in Bolivia and was instrumental in the women's movement in the early twentieth century in her country. After passing her examination in 1928, she was refused a license to practice because women were not citizens at that time and could not complete the mandatory military service. International pressure was brought to bear and she finally earned her license in 1929. Ten years later when she passed examination to become a trial lawyer, the Supreme Court again refused to issue a license on the basis that women were incapable of practicing law. She successfully earned her license within a month and practiced until her untimely death from a traffic accident."
tagline: "Bolivian lawyer and feminist (1909-1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Esilda_Villa_Laguna_Michel3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1909-12-18"
deathDate: "1947-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.37
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.668358666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esilda_Villa"
    title: "Esilda Villa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "اسيلدا ڤيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esilda_Villa"
    title: "Esilda Villa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esilda_Villa"
    title: "Esilda Villa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%2C_%D0%AD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Вилья, Эсильда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esilda_Villa"
    title: "Esilda Villa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56525901"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump