Alicia Moreau de Justo (born October 11, 1885 in London – died May 12, 1986) was an Argentine physician, politician, pacifist and human rights activist. October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Pacifist may mean: an advocate of pacifism. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...

Born to French parents in London, United Kingdom, the Moreau family moved to Argentina while Alicia was still a child. There she studied both for school teacher first, and then became the forth woman to graduate as physicist in the country. London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ...

She started her political activity in 1906 during the International Congress of Free Thought. She acquired connections in the Socialist Party, and worked as a collaborator at the International Socialist Magazine. The Socialist Party of Argentina is a political party operating in Argentina. ...

In 1910 she was part of the foundation of the Ateneo Popular association of high-school and university extension, and became its general secretary. Her political activity continued with the claims for working days of 8 hours. That same year she also participated of the organization of the First International Feminine Congress, and in 1911 initiated a campaign for the creation of schools for immigrants. In 1918 she founded the National Feminine Union.

Alicia Moreau married Juan B. Justo in 1922, with whom she was to have 3 children, adding to her surname 'de Justo'. In 1925 the work regulations for women and children was dictated, as well as the civil rights of the woman in 1926. Juan Bautista Justo (born June 28, 1865 in Buenos Aires - died on January 8, 1928 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine physician, journalist, politician, and writer. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ...

She then focused in incrementing the political participation of the woman in the politics creating feminine gatherings within the socialist centres. In 1945 she published the book "The woman within democracy" (La Mujer en la Democracia), in which she relates the fought of the Argentine women to obtain the right of vote.

In 1956 she is named director of the magazine La Vanguardia, after an internal reorganisation. Two years later the Socialist Party divided into the Partido Socialista Democrático, and the Partido Socialista Argentino, of which she was still the general secretary. The Democratic Socialist Party (Spanish: Partido Socialista Popular) was a political party in Argentina formed in the 1960´s as a division of the Popular Socialist Party. ... The Popular Socialist Party (Spanish: Partido Socialista Popular) was a political party in Argentina formed in the 1960´s when the Socialist Party divided itself in half. ...

She was a firm supporter of different events related to human rights; she collaborated with the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, and formed part of the reception group for the visit to Argentina in 1980 of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States, reporting the Dirty War crimes of the military government. The white shawl of the Mothers, painted on the floor in Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires. ... The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the IACHR or, in Spanish, CIDH) is one of the two bodies that comprise the inter-American system for the promotion and protection of human rights. ... The Organization of American States (OAS; OEA in the other three official languages) is an international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., USA. Its members are the 35 independent nations of the Americas. ... Dirty War (in Spanish: Guerra Sucia) refers to a program of a state-sponsored war on domestic citizens in response to strikes, social unrest, violence or subversion that is claimed to threaten a countrys stability. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Dirty War. ...

The main street of the Puerto Madero neighbourhood in Buenos Aires is named after her. un lugar muy lindo y grande This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The city of Buenos Aires is divided in 47 barrios: Agronomía Almagro Balvanera Barracas Belgrano Boedo Caballito Chacarita Coglhan Colegiales Constitución Flores Floresta La Boca La Paternal Liniers Mataderos Monte Castro Montserrat Nueva Pompeya Nuñez Palermo Parque Avellaneda Parque Chacabuco Parque Chas Parque Patricios Recoleta Retiro Saavedra... Buenos Aires (English: Fair Winds; originally Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires, City of the Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, and one of...

External links

• Alicia Moreau de Justo Foundation (Spanish)
• Profile (Spainsh)
• Short Biography at the Konex Foundation (Spanish)
• Obituary at the New York Times