Angela Acuna Braun, who lived from October 2, 1888, to October 10, 1983, was a Costa Rican lawyer and diplomat regarded as the first woman to graduate as a lawyer in Central America. Born in Cartago, she earned a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1916 and obtained her licentiate with honors in 1925, becoming the first female trial lawyer in Central America, and in 1923 she founded the Liga Feminista Costarricense, the Costa Rican Feminist League. She represented Costa Rica on the Inter-American Commission of Women from 1941 to 1954, was appointed her country first woman ambassador to the Organization of American States in 1958, and became a founding member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in 1960, serving until 1972; her advocacy is credited as a contributing factor when Costa Rican women won full citizenship and voting rights in 1949, and in 1982 she was recognized as a Benemerita de la Patria for service to her country.
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