MagrassiScagno Blanca

Mexican womens rights activist, civil and pro-democracy activist, politician and leading figure within the National Action Party (PAN). Magrassi Scagno, the wife and political partner of Luis H. Álvarez, the former President of the National Action Party, served as a member of PANs national executive committee from 1988 to 1990. She was considered a moral authority within PAN and Mexican politics. Magrassi was the unsuccessful PAN candidate for Municipal President, or Mayor, of Chihuahua in 1968. She was also nominated as the PAN candidate for the national Senate of the Republic, representing the state of Chihuahua, during the 1988 general election. Magrassi served as the Secretary for the Promotion of Women (Secretaria de Promoción Política de la Mujer) of PAN from 1987 to 1993. She was honored as "Woman of the Year" by the Association of Professional Women of Chihuahua (la Asociación de Mujeres Profesionales de Chihuahua) in 1996. Blanca Magrassi Scagno died on 9 October 2015 at the age of 91. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less