Rivera, Ramonita.

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Ramona ("Ramonita") Negron Rivera was born in Maunabo, Puerto Rico in 1944, moved to Philadelphia as a teenager, and graduated from J.W. Hallahan Catholic High School for Girls. She was active in a number of Latino organizations in the city, becoming the first woman president of the Council of Spanish-Speaking Organizations ("El Concilio"), and president of the American Legion Post 840. She was also a grand marshal of the Puerto Rican Week Festival parade. Rivera died in 1994. José Rivera, Romanita's husband, was a postal employee, who was the commander of the American Legion Post 840 during the late 1970s and 1980s.

From the description of Ramonita and José Rivera papers, 1975-1991. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 60755103

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creatorOf Rivera, Ramonita. Ramonita and José Rivera papers, 1975-1991. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Puerto Rican Week Festival (Philadelphia, Pa.). Records, 1979-1987. Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies Library
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Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Puerto Ricans
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Active 1975

Active 1991

English,

Spanish; Castilian

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