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Edith García Buchaca

Cuban communist activist · United States · On the map · Lived 1916 to 2015 · aged 99

Edith García Buchaca (1916-2015) was one of the highest ranking members of the Communist Party in Cuba from 1935 to 1964.

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Active in leftist politics and women's issues as a teenager in Cienfuegos, she joined the Communist Party in 1935 and strove to organize the women's wing, which was active in initiatives to improve workers' conditions. She joined and became a leader in the Union of Radical Women and participated in the Third Congress of Cuban Women in 1939. She was a successful candidate in the 1940 general election and served on the Constitutional Convention. García successfully introduced women's rights issues raised by the women's congress for consideration and inclusion in the 1940 Constitution.

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Lived 1916 to 2015 · aged 99