Bienvenida de Sánchez was a

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

an politician. In 1963 she and

Dolores de Miño Ramona Dolores Fanego de Miño (27 March 1903 – 6 November 1976) was a Paraguayan politician. In 1963 she and Bienvenida de Sánchez became the first female members of the Chamber of Deputies. Biography De Miño was born in Villeta in March 1 ...

became the first female members of the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourb ...

Biography

De Sánchez joined the Colorado Party and became chair of its central women's commission.Lorena Soler (2019
Mujeres y redes internacionales. La Liga Paraguaya Pro Derechos de la Mujer (1951-1962) como parte de las disputas de la Guerra Fría
''Descentrada'', volume 3, number 1 She was a Colorado Party candidate in the

1963 elections The following elections occurred in 1963. Africa * 1963 Algerian presidential election * 1963 Chadian parliamentary election * 1963 Moroccan parliamentary election * 1963 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election * 1963 Senegalese general ele ...

and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, becoming one of the first two female members alongside

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