Career
She was the first Minister of Social Work in Cuba. Mederos founded several organizations including the School of Social Services at the University of Havana. The Foundation for Social Services, which developed programs for children"s organizations in Cuba.
"Of Human Rights" (New York City, 1961).
And a Cuban exile lobby that worked for the release of political prisoners. She was the founding vice president of the National Association of Cuban American Women (NACAW).
Mederos is "considered the most prominent Cuban woman of the 20th century". Mederos was born in Havana on 13 January 13, 1900.
Her education included a Doctor of Philosophy in pharmacology.
The Sixth Pan American Union conference was held in 1928 in Havana. Attended by a large assembly of Cuban women led by Mederos, the conference established the Inter-American Commission of Women (the Chartered Institute of Marketinng). In September 1959, Mederos served for five months as first Minister of Social Work in Cuba, under Fidel Castro"s provisional government.
She arrived in the United States in 1961 where she worked for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. Mederos died 25 September 1981 in Washington, District of Columbia. The Elena Mederos Award was established in her honor by the NACAW.
