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Henrietta Longstreet Boggs (6 May 1918 – 9 September 2020) was an American author, journalist, and activist. She served as First Lady of Costa Rica from 1948 to 1949 in the years immediately following the Costa Rican Civil War. She turned 100 in May 2018.
Henrietta Boggs (Spartanburg, 6 de mayo de 1918-Montgomery, 9 de septiembre de 2020) fue una política, escritora, periodista y activista estadounidense y costarricense, esposa del expresidente de Costa Rica, José Figueres Ferrer, por lo que ejerció como primera dama entre 1948 y 1949.
18 set 2020 · Henrietta Boggs, Southerner Who Spread Her Wings, Dies at 102. Fleeing segregated Alabama, she found revolution in Costa Rica and married its future president. She then pushed him to grant...
First Lady of the Revolution is the remarkable story of Henrietta Boggs, who fell in love with a foreign land and the man destined to transform its identity. Her marriage to José ‘Don Pepe’ Figueres in 1941 led to a decade-long journey through activism, exile and political upheaval, and ultimately, lasting political reform.
24 set 2020 · Henrietta Boggs, the Alabama woman who married a revolutionary President of Costa Rica and became the First Lady of the Revolution, died earlier this month at 102. In honor of her life and role in Costa Rica’s democracy, we’re republishing our 2007 interview with Boggs.
- The Tico Times
First Lady of the Revolution is the story of Henrietta Boggs, who fell in love with a foreign land and the man destined to transform its identity. Her marriage to José Figueres Ferrer in 1941 led to a decade-long journey through activism, exile and political upheaval and, ultimately, lasting progressive reforms.
First Lady of the Revolution. An Alabama girl married into a revolution in Costa Rica. Victoria Cooney. HUMANITIES, January/February 2014, Volume 35, Number 1. Photo caption. Henrietta Boggs was an odd fit in her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama.
