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US Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, First Cuban-American to serve in US Congress (House of Reps.)
US Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, First Cuban-American to serve in US Congress (House of Reps.), US Congress, 2017
From Biography: Born in Cuba in 1952 and later immigrating to the United States at age eight, Ros-Lehtinen grew up with an anti-Castro activist father…
Tags: Cuba, Florida, Hispanic-American, House of Representatives, LGBT, Women
The Straus Historical Society, Jesse Isidor Straus
The Straus Historical Society, Jesse Isidor Straus, The Straus Historical Society, Circa 1930s
Jesse Isidor Straus (1872-1936) was born in June 25th, 1872 at 28 West 38th Street in New York City. He attended Harvard and graduated in 1893 with an…
Tags: Atlanta, Cuba, Jesse Isidor Straus, Macy's, NYC, Retail, Tuskegee, United Hospital Fund, Woodrow Wilson
U.S. Army, Lieutenant Colonel Mercedes O. Cubria, First Cuban Born Female in the U.S. Army
U.S. Army, Lieutenant Colonel Mercedes O. Cubria, First Cuban Born Female in the U.S. Army, U.S. Army, unknown
Lieutenant Colonel Mercedes O. Cubria (1903-1980), a.k.a. La Tia (The Aunt), was the first Cuban-born female officer in the U.S. Army. She served in…
Tags: Cuba, Mercedes O. Cubra, Military Service, U.S. Army