Bertha Valverde
{{Short description|Female Ecuadorian politician}}
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| other_names = Berta Valverde de Duarte
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| birth_date = 1905
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| death_date = 1988
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| nationality = Ecuador
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| occupation = physician and politician
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| known_for = first Ecuadorian elected woman politician
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| party = Socialist Party
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| children = Ángel Duarte Valverde
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Bertha Valverde Álvarez de Duarte (1905 – 1988) was an Ecuadorian politician and medic. She was first Ecuadorian woman elected to public office in 1930.
Life
In a "triumph of feminism" in 1930{{Cite web |date=2016-09-16 |title=Hechos destacados sobre derechos humanos que EL UNIVERSO informó durante 95 años |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2016/09/16/nota/5802862/noticias-derechos-humanos-largo-tiempo/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=El Universo |language=es}} she was elected councilor of Guayaquil as the Socialist Party candidate. She was the first Ecuadorian woman to win an election to hold public office.{{Cite book |last1=Quintero |first1=Rafael Torres |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i0MbwEY6Tb0C&dq=Bertha+Valverde&pg=PA242 |title=El mito del populismo: análisis de los fundamentos del Estado ecuatoriano moderno, 1895-1934 |last2=López |first2=Rafael Quintero |date=2005 |publisher=Editorial Abya Yala |isbn=978-9978-04-845-0 |language=es}} The same year she briefly held the position of political head of Guayaquil.{{Cite web |title=Guayaquileñas en el municipio de su ciudad {{!}} La Revista {{!}} EL UNIVERSO |url=http://www.larevista.ec/cultura/historia/guayaquilenas-en-el-municipio-de-su-ciudad |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=www.larevista.ec |language=es}}
In 1931 she graduated from the University of Guayaquil as an obstetician. She was a medical physician for forty years.{{Cite web |date=2005-07-14 |title=Homenaje póstumo a la Dra. Bertha Valverde |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2005/07/14/0001/18/3790645D9C92416CBD370B65B2E1C5AF.html |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=El Universo |language=es}}
In 1934 her son, Ángel Duarte Valverde was born. He would hold high office and stand to be President.{{Cite web |title=Fallece a los 89 años, Ángel Duarte Valverde, ex candidato presidencial – Periodico Expectativa – Noticias de Ibarra Imbabura Ecuador |url=https://www.expectativa.ec/fallece-a-los-89-anos-angel-duarte-valverde-ex-candidato-presidencial/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |language=es}}
Death and legacy
She died in 1988 and she was survived by her son Ángel. A school was named for her in her home town.{{Cite journal |last=López Sánchez |first=Rafael Alfonso |date=2021 |title=Escuela de padres para la mejora de la comunicación familiar en los alumnos del 6to grado de la Escuela Bertha Valverde - Guayaquil Ecuador 2020 |url=https://repositorio.ucv.edu.pe/handle/20.500.12692/56259 |journal=Repositorio Institucional - UCV}} The centenary of her birth was marked by the National Academy of History in Guayaquil.{{Cite web |date=2005-07-14 |title=Homenaje póstumo a la Dra. Bertha Valverde |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2005/07/14/0001/18/3790645D9C92416CBD370B65B2E1C5AF.html |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=El Universo |language=es}}
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Category:Ecuadorian physicians
Category:Politicians from Guayaquil