About Carmen Delgado Votaw
Carmen Delgado Votaw was a civil rights pioneer, a public servant, an author, and community leader. She earned an associate degree at the University of Puerto Rico and graduated from American University in Washington, D.C., with a Bachelor of Arts in international studies. She was subsequently awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities by Hood College in Frederick, Maryland. == Career == Votaw was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as cochair of the National Advisory Committee for Women. She served as president of the Interamerican Commission of Women of the Organization of American States in 1979–80. The first president of that body, she remains just one of two women from the United States to have served as the commission's president. During her career, Votaw travelled to more than 80 countries and met with more than 50 heads of state. She was a member of the U.S. delegation to the International Women's Year conference, attending conferences in Mexico City, Copenhagen, Nairobi and Beijing. Votaw was chief of staff for Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner Jaime B. Fuster from 1985 to 1991. As the first Hispanic female chief of staff for a Member of Congress, she worked to address the challenges facing 3.5 million Puerto Ricans living on the island and to build a strong network for women in the Federal Government.
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