MINERVA BERNARDINO
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The ambassador broke her ankle badly at her hotel the night before she was to address the convention to create the United Nations. When she was reluctant to enter the hospital until after her speech, she was told she might lose her foot. She made the speech, then received treatment and did not lose the foot. The first female U. N. ambassador
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Minerva Bernardino was a diplomat from the Dominican Republic who promoted women's rights internationally, and is best known as one of the four women to sign the original charter of the United Nations.
