Francisca Fernández-Hall
Francisca Fernández-Hall | |
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| Born | Francisca Fernández-Hall Zúñiga April 12, 1921 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Died | November 27, 2001 (aged 80) Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Occupation(s) | engineer, diplomat |
| Years active | 1947–1981 |
Francisca Fernández-Hall Zúñiga (12 April 1916 – 27 November 2001) was a Guatemalan engineer and diplomat. She was the first woman to graduate from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, the first woman in all of Central America to earn an engineering degree, the first woman to be accepted and to attend the Instituto Militar de Engenharia of Brazil, and the first female ambassador for Guatemala.