# Milagros Benet de Mewton

> Milagros Benet de Mewton was a Puerto Rican educator, women's rights advocate and suffragist. Born into an intellectual, liberal family, Benet trained as a teacher. Inhabitants of the island gained U.S. citizenship in 1917, two decades after the United States acquired Puerto Rico from Spain in the Spanish-American War. Benet was active in the struggle for women's enfranchisement and joined the first suffragist organization Liga Femínea Puertorriqueña that year. When U.S. women gained the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1919, Benet led the push to extend its coverage to Puerto Rico. In 1924, she filed a lawsuit challenging the right of the electoral board to refuse to register women as they were U.S. citizens. The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ruled that states and territories have the right to determine who can vote and denied her claim.

*Puerto Rican teacher and suffragist (1868-1948)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1868-11-22
- **Died:** 1948-12-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Milagros Benet de Mewton was a Puerto Rican educator, women's rights advocate and suffragist. Born into an intellectual, liberal family, Benet trained as a teacher. Inhabitants of the island gained U.S. citizenship in 1917, two decades after the United States acquired Puerto Rico from Spain in the Spanish-American War. Benet was active in the struggle for women's enfranchisement and joined the first suffragist organization Liga Femínea Puertorriqueña that year. When U.S. women gained the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1919, Benet led the push to extend its coverage to Puerto Rico. In 1924, she filed a lawsuit challenging the right of the electoral board to refuse to register women as they were U.S. citizens. The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ruled that states and territories have the right to determine who can vote and denied her claim.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 33.6
- **Momentum:** 0.4

## Sources
- [Milagros Benet de Mewton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milagros_Benet_de_Mewton)
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- [Milagros Benet de Mewton](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milagros_Benet_de_Mewton)
- [Milagros Benet de Mevton](https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milagros_Benet_de_Mevton)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75578562)

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