Lagrimas Untalan
Lagrimas Leon Guerrero Untalan (1911–1997) was a Guamanian educator and politician. She served as a member of the Legislature of Guam between 1954 and 1956.
Lagrimas Untalan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislature | |
| In office 1954–1956 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1911 Hagåtña, Guam |
| Died | 1997 (aged 85–86) |
Biography
Untalan was born Lagrimas Pereira Leon Guerrero in Hagåtña in 1911, the youngest of seven children of Mariana and Francisco Leon Guerrero.[1] After leaving school she became a teacher, a job in which she pushed for greater use of the Chamorro language in education.[1] During her career she assisted the Fijian educational authorities with developing its curriculum.[1] She also translated Stand Ye Guamanians into Chamorro.[1] She married a fellow teacher Luis Palomo Untalan in 1950. Their son Ramon died in infancy, after which the couple adopted two children.[1]
In the 1954 elections for the Guamanian Legislature she ran on an independent ticket alongside Cynthia Torres and Carlos Taitano.[2] Their campaign meetings saw female attendees pelted with eggs and accused of prostitution. However, all three were elected, with Untalan finishing seventh and Torres fifteenth.[3] In 1956 she was one of the founders of the Territorial Party.[1]
Untalan retired from teaching in 1970, after which she continued her community work. She died in 1997.[1]
References
- Lagrimas Leon Guerrero Untalan Guampedia
- Cynthia Johnston Torres Guampedia
- Election Comparative Analysis Report Guam Election Commission