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Odilia Castro Hidalgo (María Odilia Castro Hidalgo) was born on 26 October, 1908 in Santiago de Puriscal, Costa Rica, is a Costa Rican teacher and communist. Discover Odilia Castro Hidalgo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

Popular As María Odilia Castro Hidalgo
Occupation educator, Women's Rights Advocate, communist
Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 26 October 1908
Birthday 26 October
Birthplace Santiago de Puriscal, Costa Rica
Date of death 15 April, 1999
Died Place San José, Costa Rica
Nationality Costa Rica

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1908

María Odilia Castro Hidalgo (1908–1999) was a Costa Rican teacher, communist and feminist.

She founded the parent organization which would become the National Association of Educators.

Exiled for her communist activities after the Costa Rican Civil War, Castro later returned and founded several social welfare programs.

She taught for 32 years and served as a nurse in Costa Rica and Venezuela.

María Odilia Castro Hidalgo was born on 26 October 1908 in Santiago de Puriscal, Costa Rica.

Her parents, who were both teachers, moved while she was young to San José for better educational opportunities.

Castro attended the Girls High School, worked with literacy and temperance campaigns, and participated in health seminars and summer camps for children of tubercular families.

She wanted to study medicine but the cost for either a doctor or nursing course was beyond her means and she decided upon teaching.

1929

Castro enrolled in the Escuela Normal de Heredia, obtained her teaching credentials in 1929, and began teaching at Juan Rafael Mora School.

She took night classes in nursing.

Castro was politically active and aligned with leftist policies of the Costa Rican Communist Party.

She and fellow teachers María Alfaro de Mata, María Isabel Carvajal, Adela Ferreto, Angela García, Luisa González, Stella Peralta, Emilia Prieto, Lilia Ramos, Esther Silva and Hortensia Zelaya, who had been radicalized at the Normal School (teacher's college), challenged a society built on privilege and the roles of women being confined to home, marriage, and motherhood.

1939

In 1939, she attended the First International Congress of Teachers, held in Havana and returning home founded and organization Teachers United, which would later become the National Association of Educators.

1940

In the 1940s, she worked in "cultural missions" to help rural citizens access government services.

1947

In 1947, Castro represented Costa Rica at the Primer Congreso Interamericano de Mujeres in Guatemala City, which had been organized by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to discuss international issues, including women's suffrage.

1948

In 1948, she served as a nurse during the civil war.

At the close of the war, José Figueres Ferrer outlawed the communist party and sent its members into exile.

Castro was exiled living in both Mexico and Venezuela, where she worked as a nurse and studied social work.

1960

She also assisted at the Center for Nutrition and Health in San Pedro de Montes de Oca, throughout the 1960s.

Castro was the founder and vice president of the Costa Rican Citizen Organization and the Federation of Voluntary Agencies.

She also founded the Association of Retired Teachers and served as their representative to the Board of Pensions and Retirements.

She served as vice president of the Pro National Children's Trust Association, up until her death.

1964

In 1964 she represented Costa Rica in Bogotá, Colombia at the Seminar for Leaders of Social Welfare in Latin America.

1999

Castro Hidalgo died on 15 April 1999.

2006

Castro was admitted to the Costa Rican National Institute for Women (INAMU)'s Gallery of Women in 2006.

In 2006, she was admitted to the Costa Rican National Institute for Women (INAMU)'s Gallery of Notable Women.