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Aurora Gonzalez

1924 – 1991

Mexican-American community activist

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About Aurora Gonzalez

Lived 1924 – 1991 (aged 66–67).

Aurora L. Gonzalez (1924 – October 9, 1991) was an organizer, educator and activist in the Hispanic community of Toledo, Ohio, United States. As president of the Guadalupe Center board of directors in the late 1970s, she pressured the city of Toledo to spend federal funds to build the Centro Unico community building, later renamed the "Aurora Gonzalez Community & Family Resource Center" in her honor. She was the founder and leader of La Voz del Barrio, a community citizens action organization which she founded in 1980. In 1985, she became the first Hispanic woman elected to the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.

Legacy

Aurora Gonzalez Drive in Toledo Aurora Gonzalez Community & Family Resource Center, 1301 Broadway, Toledo, Ohio

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Important facts

Born
1924
Birth century
Died
1991

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Aurora Gonzalez's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Aurora Gonzalez?

mexican-American community activist (1924–1991)

When was Aurora Gonzalez born?

Aurora Gonzalez was born in 1924.

When did Aurora Gonzalez die?

Aurora Gonzalez died in 1991.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Aurora Gonzalez

· Wikidata: Q141215138

· DBpedia: Aurora Gonzalez

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