Florentina Gómez Miranda

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Florentina Gómez Miranda (14 February 1912 – 1 August 2011) was an Argentine teacher and lawyer. Born in Olavarría in the province of Buenos Aires, she attended the National University of La Plata, from which she graduated in 1945.{{cite web|url=http://www.unlp.edu.ar/articulo/2010/11/24/florentina_gomez_miranda_graduada_ilustre_noviembre_2010|title=Florentina Gomez Miranda, Graduada Ilustre de la UNLP|publisher=Universidad Nacional de La Plata|accessdate=19 June 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927191425/http://www.unlp.edu.ar/articulo/2010/11/24/florentina_gomez_miranda_graduada_ilustre_noviembre_2010|archivedate=27 September 2011}} From then on, she was active in the struggle for women's rights. Among the laws she promoted, the divorce law was the most important.{{cite web |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1350158-florentina-gomez-miranda-de-festejo |title=Florentina Gómez Miranda, de festejo |author= |date= 15 February 2011|publisher=La Nación |accessdate=19 June 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ucrcapital.org.ar/noticias_detalle.php?id=4612|title=Florentina Gómez Miranda: "Cristina dice que la critican por ser mujer a falta de argumentos"|author=|date=|publisher=UCR Capital|accessdate=19 June 2011|archive-date=5 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005155019/http://www.ucrcapital.org.ar/noticias_detalle.php?id=4612|url-status=dead}} From 1983 to 1991, Miranda was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Unión Cívica Radical. After her death, Miranda lay in state in the “Salón de los pasos perdidos” in the National Congress building.{{cite web |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1394142-murio-florentinta-gomez-miranda|title=Murió Florentina Gómez Miranda|author= |date= August 2011|publisher=La Nación |accessdate=2 August 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://tn.com.ar/sociedad/00062078/el-adios-a-florentina-gomez-miranda|title=El adiós a Florentina Gómez Miranda|author=|publisher=TN|date=2 August 2011|access-date=2 August 2011|archive-date=20 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320165030/http://tn.com.ar/sociedad/00062078/el-adios-a-florentina-gomez-miranda|url-status=dead}}