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Serafina Dávalos
Serafina Dávalos Alfonze (9 September 1883 – 27 September 1957) was the first female lawyer in Paraguay, and the country's first prominent feminist.
Early life.
She was born in the Paraguayan city of Ajos (now Coronel Oviedo). Her parents were Gaspar Dávalos and Teresa Alfonze.
Career.
She graduated from law school at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción (becoming its first female graduate) in 1907 with a thesis, "Humanism and Feminism", that questioned the submission of women
to the Paraguay Feminine Union (UFP). In 1952, she participated in the Paraguayan League for the Rights of Women.
Personal life.
She never married and lived with "[h]er constant companion, Honoria Ballirán", as mentioned in 1959 by Dr. Ignacio Amado Berino, Secretary General of the National University of Asunción, in his lecture on "Serafina Dávalos, the precursor of feminism in Paraguay," published in the newspaper "El Feminista" and reproduced as an annex to the thesis of "Serafina Dávalos