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LANDA Y GONZALES 



MARIA DE LOS ANGELES LANDA 

 Y GONZALES 



Scholar; teacher. 



Senorita Maria de Los Angeles 

 Landa y Gonzales was born in Colon, 

 Province of Matanzas, on the second of 

 August, 1865, where she received her early 

 education. Later she attended the Uni- 

 versity of Havana where she won the title 

 of Mistress, 1898, and Doctor of Pedagogy 

 (1906). She was appointed Superinten- 

 dent and Mistress of Public School, No. 

 8, in the City of Havana in 1899, and 

 in 19 1 9 she became Superintendent of 

 the first home school founded in the 

 Republic of Cuba. This position she se- 

 cured from the Department of Public In- 

 struction and Fine Arts on the grounds 

 of the preparation by her of the project 

 for the Home School, which met the ap- 

 proval of this department. She has been 

 instrumental in founding boards of ex- 

 aminers to act in filling the chairs of 



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