Antonia Pantoja

Antonia Pantoja (September 13, 1922 – May 24, 2002), was a Puerto Rican educator, social worker, feminist, civil rights leader and the founder of ''ASPIRA'', the Puerto Rican Forum, Boricua College and ''Producir''. In 1996, she was the first Puerto Rican woman to receive the American Presidential Medal of Freedom. Provided by Wikipedia