María Guadalupe Urzúa Flores
# María Guadalupe Urzúa Flores

María Guadalupe Urzúa Flores (December 12, 1912 – December 7, 2004) was a Mexican politician, activist, and the Municipal President of Jocotepec, from 1983 to 1985, and the Municipal President of San Martín de Hidalgo, from 1997 to 2000.

## Early life

Urzúa Flores was born in the town of Jocotepec, Jalisco, to José Urzúa Gutiérrez, a musician, and Rosario Flores Monroy, a schoolteacher from San Martín de Hidalgo. Her maternal grandfather Gerardo Flores was a physician who, at the request of Benito Juárez, settled in San Martín de Hidalgo. Maternally orphaned shortly after birth, Urzúa Flores was raised by her maternal aunts in San Martín de Hidalgo where she attended the Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez Primary School.

## Legacy

The localities of San Martín de Hidalgo and El Tepehuaje de Morelos have honored Urzúa Flores' memory by naming a street (G. Urzúa) and a public library (María Guadalupe Urzúa Flores Municipal Public Library) after her, respectively.

