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Yolanda Ferrer
Yolanda Ferrer (María Yolanda Ferrer Gómez) (1946– ) was general secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) from 1990 to 2012. She has been a member of the Communist Party of Cuba since 1976 and served on its Central Committee from 1980 to 2016. She has been a deputy...
Yolanda Ferrer (María Yolanda Ferrer Gómez) (1946– ) was general secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) from 1990 to 2012. She has been a member of the Communist Party of Cuba since 1976 and served on its Central Committee from 1980 to 2016. She has been a deputy to the National Assembly of People’s Power since 1986.
In 1960, at age fourteen, Ferrer joined the FMC. She was a founding member of the revolutionary militias and a participant in the 1961 national literacy campaign.
She is a coauthor of Women in Cuba: The Making of a Revolution within the Revolution.