Henrietta Boggs

Henrietta Boggs
Henrietta Boggs
	File:Henrietta Boggs Panel Discussion 2014.png Henrietta Boggs speaking at a panel discussion in 2014
First Lady of Costa Rica
	In office; 1948–1949
President	Jose Figueres Ferrer
Preceded by	Etelvina Ramírez Montiel
Succeeded by	Vacant
Personal details
Born	May 6, 1918; Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	September 9, 2020 (aged 102); Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Jose Figueres Ferrer (m. 1941–1954); Hugh MacGuire
Children	José Martí Figueres, Muni Figueres
Parents	Meta Long & Ralph Emerson Boggs

Henrietta Boggs (May 6, 1918 – September 9, 2020) was a Costa Rican-American author, journalist, and activist. She was the first wife of José Figueres Ferrer and served as First Lady of Costa Rica from 1948 to 1949 in the years after the Costa Rican Civil War.^[1]

She turned 100 in May 2018.^[2] She was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Boggs died at her home in Montgomery, Alabama on September 9, 2020 from COVID-19 at the age of 102.^[3]

References[change]

↑ "A Revolutionary First Lady". Weld: Birmingham's Newspaper. 2016-08-24. Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
↑ "Ancianos papudos son bien chineados en una residencia de lujo". La Teja (in español). Retrieved 2022-04-03.
↑ "Henrietta Boggs, Southerner Who Spread Her Wings, Dies at 102". The New York Times. September 18, 2020.

Other websites[change]

Official website

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[1] "A Revolutionary First Lady". Weld: Birmingham's Newspaper. 2016-08-24. Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2017-04-07.

[2] "Ancianos papudos son bien chineados en una residencia de lujo". La Teja (in español). Retrieved 2022-04-03.

[3] "Henrietta Boggs, Southerner Who Spread Her Wings, Dies at 102". The New York Times. September 18, 2020.

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