Vilma Espín

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Cuban revolutionary chemical engineer human women's rights activist

Vilma Espín was a Cuban revolutionary, chemical engineer, and prominent women's rights advocate who became one of the most influential figures in post-revolutionary Cuba.

Aliases (1)

Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cuban revolutionary → chemical engineer → human → women's rights activist →
advocatedFor	family law reform in Cuba → gender equality →
awardReceived	Heroine of the Republic of Cuba → Order of Mariana Grajales → Order of Playa Girón →
burialPlace	Mausoleum of the Frank País Second Eastern Front →
causeOfDeath	complications from a long illness →
combatantIn	Sierra Maestra campaign →
countryOfCitizenship	Cuba →
dateOfBirth	1930-04-07 →
dateOfDeath	2007-06-18 →
describedBySource	Cuban state media →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Universidad de Oriente →
familyName	Espín →
fieldOfStudy	chemical engineering →
founded	Federation of Cuban Women →
fullName	Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois →
gender	female →
givenName	Vilma →
hasChild	Alejandro Castro Espín → Déborah Castro Espín → Mariela Castro → Nilsa Castro Espín →
ideology	communism →
languageSpoken	Spanish →
memberOf	26th of July Movement →
movement	Cuban Revolution →
notableFor	advocacy for women's rights in Cuba → leadership in the Federation of Cuban Women →
participatedIn	Cuban Revolution →
placeOfBirth	Santiago de Cuba →
placeOfDeath	Havana →
politicalAffiliation	Communist Party of Cuba →
positionHeld	Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba → Member of the Council of State of Cuba → Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba → President of the Federation of Cuban Women →
regionOfActivity	Cuba →
relative	Fidel Castro →
religion	atheism →
residence	Havana →
spouse	Raúl Castro →
workedAs	engineer → guerrilla fighter → politician →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Federation of Cuban Women →	foundedBy
Vilma Espín ("Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois") →	fullName
Federation of Cuban Women →	hasNotableLeader
Rebel Army →	notableMember
Raúl Castro →	spouse