Famous Latin American Women

Who created the first song of Samba in 1916?

• Tia Ciata

• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

• Alicia Alonso

• The Mirabal Sisters

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz became a ____ at age 26 to avoid pressure to give up studying.

• mother

• doctor

• nun

• married woman

Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso became partially blind at age 19 but continued to dance. True or False?

• True

• False

The Mirabal Sisters rebelled against the dictator Trujillo in which country?

• Brazil

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Dominican Republic

Who were the Mirabal sisters known as in their country?

• Las mariposas

• Las flores

• Las estrellas

• Las mujeres

Alicia Alonso eventually returned to her home country to start the National Ballet of ____________.

• America

• Russia

• Ecuador

• Cuba

Who was the world's first Hispanic female astronaut in NASA?

• Ellen Ochoa

• Sandra Cisneros

• Julia Alvarez

• Sonia Sotomayor

Sandra Cisneros is known for giving a voice to the Latinx working-class in America as a famous _______.

• Astronaut

• Writer

• Dancer

• Doctor

She shared her story about the fight for indigenous Guatemalan rights with news media in Mexico and spread more awareness about the Maya struggle. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 and continues to work for indigenous and women's rights.

• Frida Kahlo

• Rigoberta Menchú

• The Mirabel Sisters

• Alicia Alonso

She survived Polio disease and a bad bus accident in her youth, which left her in a back brace and pain for her whole life, with difficulty walking. Painting helped her when she was stuck in bed recovering. She married another famous Mexican painter, Diego Rivera, whom she eventually divorced. They travelled to America together to paint and she showed her work in Paris, too.

• Frida Kahlo

• Rigoberta Menchú

• The Mirabel Sisters

• Alicia Alonso