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María de la Cruz

María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (died 1995)

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Born
September 18, 1912
Died
September 1, 1995
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1912

About María de la Cruz

María de la Cruz Toledo was a Chilean political activist for women's suffrage, a journalist, a writer, and a political commentator. In 1953, she became the first woman ever elected to the Chilean Senate. After he won the presidency, he offered her a position in his cabinet as Minister of Education, but she refused, nominating instead María Teresa del Canto from her own party. She won with 107,585 votes to the runner-up's 68,350, the highest margin ever obtained at that point.

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The world when María de la Cruz was born

María de la Cruz was born in 1912. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1912

  • Best-selling book"The Harvester" – Gene Stratton-Porter

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJim Thorpe wins two gold medals at the Stockholm Olympics
  • Top headlineRMS Titanic sinks on maiden voyage — 1,500+ die
  • Technology milestoneFirst parachute jump from an airplane
  • World population~1.72B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population94.6M

1912 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in María de la Cruz's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19122026
Population94.6M341 million

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