Senator from the State of Campeche
Lavalle Urbina, Maria was born on May 24, 1908 in Campeche, Campeche, Mexico. Helped Rafael Murillo Vidal defend squatters’ rights to colonize in a section known as the 201st Squadron. Sister of Eduardo J. Lavalle Urbina, governor of Campeche, 1944-1949.
Daughter of Manuel Lavalle y Cobián, a lawyer, journalist and literary figure, and Esperanza Urbina.
Primary studies in Campeche. Secondary studies in Campeche. Teaching certificate from the Normal School of Campeche, 1927, in elementary and secondary education.
Law degree, School of Law, Campeche Institute, 1944. Primary school teacher, 1927. Professor of the Science of Education, Normal School of Campeche.
Primary school director, 1943.
Senator from the State of Campeche, 1964-1970, president of the Senate, December, 1965 (first woman), and member of the Permanent Committee. Director of the National Feminine Organizations of the National Executive Committee of Institutional Revolutionary Party, 1965-1970. Precandidate for Senator from Campeche, 1981.
Director of the State Literacy Campaign, Campeche. Judge of the Tribunal Superior of Justice of the Federal District, 1947-1954 (first woman appointed to this position). Director of the Department of Social Welfare, Secretariat of Government, 1954-1963.
Director of the Civil Registry, 1970-1973. Subsecretary of Primary and Normal Education, 1976-1980. President of the Free Textbook Commission, 1982-1984.
Adviser, Secretariat of Public Education, 1984. Lavalle Urbina, governor of Campeche, 1944-1949. Daughter of Manuel Lavalle y Cobián, a lawyer, journalist and literary figure, and Esperanza Urbina.
Roman Catholic
President of the Mexican Women’s Alliance.
