Rodríguez, Ana (1938–)
Rodríguez, Ana (1938–)
Cuban political activist and writer. Born April 17, 1938, in Cuba; dau. of Filiberto Rodríguez and Juana Hernandez Rodríguez; attended University of Havana and Cetec University.
Participated in the pro-democratic Cuban underground; confined in Cuba as a political prisoner (1961–79); immigrated to US (1980); wrote Diary of a Survivor, inspired by her 19-year prison term, to bring attention to the human-rights abuses occurring in Cuban women's prisons (1995).
See also Women in World History.
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