About Manuela Billinghurst
Lived 1919 – 1967 (aged 47–48). Manuela Billinghurst was a Peruvian politician.
Manuela Candelaria Billinghurst López (1919 – 5 May 1967) was a Peruvian politician. In 1956 she was among the first group of women elected to Congress, serving until 1962.
Biography Billinghurst was born in Lima in 1919, the daughter of Guillermo Billinghurst Rodríguez-Prieto and Resurrección López Rincón, a singer. Her grandfather was Guillermo Billinghurst, who had served as president from 1912 to 1914. After being elected, she served on the Decentralisation Commission and the Women and Minors Commission.
After leaving Congress in 1962 she lived in the United States from 1964 to 1967. She died in Lima in 1967.
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Who was Manuela Billinghurst?
Peruvian politician
When was Manuela Billinghurst born?
Manuela Billinghurst was born in 1919 in Peru.
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Manuela Billinghurst died on 5 May 1967 in Lima.
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Manuela Billinghurst was a politician.
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Manuela Billinghurst was Peruvian.
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