OUR HISTORY
The History of the Association of Bolivian Women of the Washington, DC Area
More than 40 years of action.
Women Pioneers - 1963
Founding Members:
Raquel Ichazo de Adriazola, Yolanda Arrieta, Beatriz Ormachea de Bailey, Irene Gutierrez de Bailey, Matilde Carmona v. de Busch, Marina Campero, Elena Céspedes, Hortensia Correa, Ursula Epstein, Rosario de Escobar, Leonor Zalles de Freeman, Haid J. Guzman, Laura Jimenez, Luchita Jimenez, Nelly Jimenez, Lucila Kuhn, Cira de Lazcano, Antonia de Maldonado, Yolanda McKay, Graciela de Mendizabal, Maria Teresa Otero, Marina Quiroga, Ruth Quiroga, Maria Luisa Ramirez deVelarde, Yolanda Saenz, OIga Toro de Salinas, Georgina Solis, Maria Teresa Valderrama and Olga Valenti
First
Board of Directors:
1963-1964
PRESIDENT:
Matilde Carmona de Busch
VICEPRESIDENT: Raquel Ichazo de Adriazola
TREASURER: Ursula Epstein
Maria Teresa Valderrama
RECORDING SECRETARY: Maria Teresa Otero
MEETINGS SECRETARIES: Hortensia de Correia
Lucila Kuhl
Yolanda McKay
CORRRESPONDENCE SECRETARY: Beatriz Ormachea de Bailey
Presidents of the Assocation from 1963 until the present:
Matilde Carmona v. de Busch, 1963 - 1964
Maria Teresa Otero 1964 - 1968
Laura Jiménez 1968 - 1983
Martha Sanjinez, 1983 - 1984
Teresa Weinger 1984 - 1989
Teresa Clark, 1989 - 1990
Ximena Hernandez-Cata, 1990 - 1991
Teresa Weinger 1991- 1995
Teresa Willett, 1995 - 1997
Yoly Aguirre-Heintze 1997 - 2001
Ana Maria Struckmeyer 2001- 2002
Braulia Espinoza 2002 - 2005
Gabriela Wilcox 2005 -
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