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Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón
Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón (1898 - 1986) was a diplomat, cabinet minister, minister plenipotentiary, writer, president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, and the first female member of a presidential cabinet. After studying at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, she distinguished herself by fighting in favor of women. She was founder and chair of Club Internacional de Mujeres (1932) and the Ateneo Mexicano de Mujeres (1937). She also founded the Teatro de
In 1958, she joined a group of writers who worked under the direction of Fausto Vega and later under Agustín Yáñez. Members of the workshop included Guadalupe Amor, Carmen Andrade, Beatriz Castillo Ledón, Amparo Dávila, , Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón, Mercedes Manero de Gertz, Ángeles Mendieta Alatorre, Esther Ortuño de Aguiñaga, Cordelia Urueta and . She published pieces in numerous magazines, including "Ábside", "Mujeres" and "El Rehilete". In 1964, she began working under the Ministry of the Interior