Ines Mendoza
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Ines Maria Mendoza (born January 10, 1908 in Naguabo, Puerto Rico), better known just as Ines Mendoza, is a former First Lady of Puerto Rico, teacher, writer and a socialite. She was the wife of Luis Munoz Marin
Biography
Mendoza was an accomplished student in her native Naguabo. She was accepted into the University of Puerto Rico and later on, into Columbia University in New York, from where she graduated in 1931.
She returned to Puerto Rico to begin her career as a teacher, writer and newspaper columnist.
In 1947, upon her husband's election as Governor, she became Puerto Rico's first lady. She would live at "La Fortaleza" for sixteen years. She showed interest in Puerto Rico's ecology and public education system as a first lady. After her husband retired as Governor in 1963, she lived a more private life than him.
In 1980, Munoz Marin died. In 1992, Mendoza's daughter, Victoria Melo Munoz, attempted unsuccessfully to become Puerto Rico's first female Governor.
There is a high school in Cabo Rojo, whose staff decided to honor her, naming it the "Ines Mendoza High School".