User:Ma23008/Felisa Rincón de Gautier
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[edit]Upon retiring as mayor, Rincón de Gautier served as the American Goodwill Ambassador for four United States presidents. She served in Latin America, Asia, and Europe promoting friendship between those regions and the United States.
Felisa Rincón de Gautier died in San Juan, aged 97, on September 16, 1994, and she was given the burial honors of a head of state. Dignitaries from all over the world attended her funeral service. She was buried at the Capital Municipal Cemetery in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Felisa Rincon de Gautier died due to a heart attack and a rumored stroke on September 16 1994, in a nursing home.[1]
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[edit]In both Puerto Rico and the United States, numerous public structures and avenues have been named in honor of Rincón de Gautier. There is a Felisa Rincón de Gautier Museum and a parking lot with the name of Doña Fela on Calle Recinto Sur in Old San Juan. In New York City, both the Felisa Rincón de Gautier Institute for Law & Public Policy in the Bronx and a public school (PS 376) in Brooklyn, New York, are named in her honor.
Rincón was also leading the renovation of San Juan's Municipal Hospital Complex eventually becoming the First Hospital in Puerto Rico to get full accreditation from the American hospital Association in 1960.[2]
On May 29, 2014, The Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico honored 12 illustrious women — including Rincón de Gautier — with plaques in the "La Plaza en Honor a la Mujer Puertorriqueña" (Plaza in Honor of Puerto Rican Women) in San Juan. According to the plaques the 12 women, who by virtue of their merits and legacies, stand out in the history of Puerto Rico.
In 2019, Felisa Rincón de Gautier was highlighted by MSNBC for her outstanding political and humanitarian accomplishments as a notable American.
On March 14, 2019, The Puerto Rican Arts Alliance (PRAA) honored Felisa Rincón de Gautier with the Distinguished Woman award.
Dona Felisa received recognition from multiple governments such as France (Medal of Joan of Arc), Spain (Gold Medal of Honor), and Ecuador (Gold Medal of Honor).
Rincon was also recognized as "Woman of the Americas" in 1954 by the Union of American women due to her contributions to American society.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "EBSCO Sign In". login.ebsco.com. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ "Biography: Felisa Rincón de Gautier (Doña Fela)". Biography: Felisa Rincón de Gautier (Doña Fela). Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ "EBSCO Sign In". login.ebsco.com. Retrieved 2024-10-25.