Rosita Liao Gonzales (April 18, 1929 - August 11, 1994) was a

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

nian educator and

folklorist Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...

. Born in La Pintada, Panama, she was noted for her research regarding the culture of

Coclé Province Coclé () is a province of central Panama on the nation's southern coast. The administrative capital is the city of Penonomé. This province was created by the Act of September 12, 1855 with the title of Department of Coclé during the presidenc ...

.Tomado de: Liao González, Rosita. Las flores de la pollera: pequeño manual para confeccionar y ubicar los tembleques a la usanza coclesana / Rosita Liao González.--Panamá: Editora Sibauste,2003.--23p. For her efforts as an educator, she was awarded the Order of Manuel José Hurtado.

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Rosita Liao González - Biblioteca Nacional de Panamá
Panamanian educators Panamanian women educators Panamanian folklorists Panamanian women folklorists 20th-century Panamanian women 20th-century Panamanian people 1929 births 1994 deaths {{Panama-bio-stub