Lagrimas Leon Guerrero Untalan (1911–1997) was a

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anian educator and politician. She served as a member of the

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between 1954 and 1956.

Biography

Untalan was born Lagrimas Pereira Leon Guerrero in Hagåtña in 1911, the youngest of seven children of Mariana and Francisco Leon Guerrero.Lagrimas Leon Guerrero Untalan
Guampedia After leaving school she became a teacher, a job in which she pushed for greater use of the

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in education. During her career she assisted the Fijian educational authorities with developing its curriculum. She also translated

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into Chamorro. She married a fellow teacher Luis Palomo Untalan in 1950. Their son Ramon died in infancy, after which the couple adopted two children. In the 1954 elections for the Guamanian Legislature she ran on an independent ticket alongside Cynthia Torres and Carlos Taitano.Cynthia Johnston Torres
Guampedia Their campaign meetings saw female attendees pelted with eggs and accused of prostitution. However, all three were elected, with Untalan finishing seventh and Torres fifteenth.Election Comparative Analysis Report
Guam Election Commission In 1956 she was one of the founders of the

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. Untalan retired from teaching in 1970, after which she continued her community work. She died in 1997.

References

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