Famous People with Name Josefina

Josefina Alys Hermes De Vasconcellos            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Josefina Alys Hermes De Vasconcellos: was an English sculptor of Brazilian origin. She was at one time the world's oldest living sculptor. She married the artist Delmar Banner in 1930. She lived in Cumbria much of her working life. Her most famous work includes Reconciliation at Coventry Cath

Josefina D. Constantino            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Josefina D. Constantino: is a Filipino essayist, literary critic and poet. Formerly a prominent faculty member of the University of the Philippines, she took vows as a member of Carmelite order in 1979. Presently a cloistered nun, she is now known as Sister Teresa Joseph Patrick of Jesus and Mary.

Josefina Passadori            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Josefina Passadori: was an Argentinian writer who published several textbooks as well as poetry under the nom de plume Fröken Thelma. Passadori was also a politician and educator.Passadori was born in Mezzanino, Pavia, Italy. In 1922 she graduated from Escuela Normal de Profesoras “Mary O’Graham” of La Plata, college at which she taught during almost forty years, mostly Spanish, Italian, History, Geography and Literature. Also worked for other schools, such as the Escuela Normal de la Inmaculada in La Plata, the Escuela Nº 18 del Consejo Escolar Nº14 in Buenos Aires, the School of Journalism of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, and the Universidad Popular Sarmiento, for which she was the President for several years.

Josefina Vikberg            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Josefina Vikberg: is a Swedish ski mountaineer.

Josefina Valencia Muñóz            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Josefina Valencia Muñóz: was a Colombian activist and politician, a leader of the Women's suffrage movement in Colombia and the first woman to ever head a Colombian Ministry as well as the first female Governor of a Department of Colombia. As a Member of the Colombian Constituent Assembly of 1954, she approved the Legislative Act No. 3, which granted women the right to vote.