GarrnOrozco Victoria

Costa Rican educator and writer most known for serving as Second Vice President of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990. She was the first woman to hold the post and during her tenure was acting president of the country over a dozen times. As a writer, she produced numerous biographies of historical Costa Ricans, as well as poetry. Garrón died on 30 July 2005 at age 84 in the Blanco Cervantes Hospital in San José, Costa Rica. She is remembered as the first woman in either Central America or North America to hold the post of second vice president of a nation. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less