Latinas + Did You Know Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
September 8, 2009
Margaret Montoya, a longtime member of the University of New Mexico law school faculty, was the first Latina to be admitted to Harvard Law School.
New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Petra Jimenez Maes was one of the first two Hispanic women to graduate from the University of New Mexico’s law school. In 2003, she became the state’s first Latina chief justice.
September 7, 2009
Hispanic women make up only 1.3% of all lawyers in the United States. That is the lowest representation of any racial or ethnic group (overall and within their own gender) as compared to their overall presence in the nation – Latinas make up over 7% of the country’s population
September 3, 2008
In Stanislaus County, for example, about 59% of white women who gave birth at hospitals reported breastfeeding the newborn exclusively, while 33% of Hispanic women and 32% of black women said they exclusively breastfed – California
Breast cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in women generally—and the number one cause of cancer death in Hispanic women
August 18, 2008
Did You Know? 41-year-old Dara Torres became the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic silver medal
July 14, 2008
Did You Know? The shortest contestant in this year’s Miss Universe show was Miss El Salvador, a petite 5-foot-3
Did You Know? 80% of the top five contestants for Miss Universe were Latinas – and 50% for the top ten
May 9, 2008
Did You Know? Hispanic women are less educated than non-Hispanic women. Some 36% have less than a high school education, compared with 10% of non-Hispanic women. Nearly half (49%) of all Hispanic women immigrants have less than a high school education; a similar share (46%) of native-born Hispanic women have at least some college education.
Did You Know? The majority (55%) of all Hispanic women report that they speak only English in their home or that they speak English very well. Most of these English speakers are native born. Seven-in-ten (73%) immigrant Hispanic women report that they do not speak English in their home or that they do not speak English very well.
Did You Know? Among immigrant Hispanic women, 57% have arrived since 1990. Six-in-ten Hispanic women immigrants were born in Mexico.
Did You Know? Approximately half (48%) of all Hispanic women were born in the U.S. or born abroad to a parent who is a U.S. citizen; the other half (52%) were born in countries other than the U.S.
March 31, 2008
Did You Know? English-speaking Hispanic women were found to be the most active TV show streamers
March 25, 2008
Did You Know? In 2006, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found new AIDS cases worsening only among Latinos — compared with all other racial/ethnic groups. Their cases doubled from 2001 to 2004, with Latinas’ new infections jumping from 23 percent to 51 percent in that time period.
March 6, 2008
Did You Know? One of every five votes in Texas was cast by a Latina for the primaries
February 18, 2008
Did You Know? In Springfield, 65 percent of teen births in 2005 were to Hispanics, while Holyoke saw a greater number – 85 percent. Even more discouraging than the increase in teen pregnancies, however, is the sense that little can be done to change what some say is a “cultural” phenomenon among Hispanics. – Massachusetts
February 6, 2008
Did You Know? In NYC the infant mortality rate remains high among Puerto Rican women, with 9.3 deaths per 1,000 live births.
January 31, 2008
Did You Know? The proclaimed “queen” of the Sundance film festival was Melonie Diaz, a young Nuyorican actress with roles in four Sundance selections.
January 23, 2008
Did You Know? Latinas ages 12 to 17 are the largest minority group of girls in the country, and growing
January 16, 2008
Did You Know? Texas state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, has landed quite a gig. She will respond in Spanish to President Bush’s Jan. 28 State of the Union address on behalf of Democrats.
November 28, 2007
51% of Mexican-American women between the ages of 40 and 59 were classified as obese, compared with 39% of non-Hispanic white women
November 6, 2007
Did You Know? The first Hispanic female Immigration and Customs Enforcement National Academy instructor announced Monday that she will run for El Paso County sheriff. – Maria Guadalupe Dempsey
October 30, 2007
Did You Know? Nearly, two-thirds of all babies born to Colorado teen mothers between the ages of 15-17 were to Latina girls. And the rate since 2001 is climbing. Most troubling is the fertility rate of 13 to 14-year-old Latina adolescents is double that of any other race/ethnicity group and significantly higher in all other age groups.
October 29, 2007
From 1994 to 2005, the number of non-Hispanic black infants born with HIV/AIDS has declined by 65.6 percent. The drop among non-Hispanic white infants born with HIV/AIDS was more than 80 percent during the same time, while the decline among Hispanic infants born with HIV/AIDS was 40.6 percent
October 3, 2007
Did You Know? Infant mortality rates in poorer sections of the New York City remain considerably higher, and the rates for Black and Puerto Rican women are more than double the rates for whites and Asians
September 27, 2007
Did You Know? The number of Santa Clara County businesses owned by Hispanic woman has increased more than 200% over the last 20 years. – California
September 26, 2007
Did You Know? There was a 2.4% decline per year in deaths from breast cancer between 1990 to 2004 for white and Hispanic women.
September 25, 2007
Did You Know? Some 400,000 Latina girls turn 15 each year in the United States, and the $400 million-a-year quinceañera industry is trying to keep up with the growing demand
September 23, 2007
Did You Know? Rita Moreno is one of only a handful of performers who have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony and a Grammy
September 16, 2007
Did You Know? State figures from 2004-2005 show that 73 percent of white non-Hispanic women in Oregon 40 or older had had a mammogram the past two years, while 66 percent of Latinas in the same age group had
September 10, 2007
Did You Know? Latino-American women earn 42 percent less than men
August 9, 2007
Did You Know? While the male-to-female ratio among Triangle Hispanics is about 60-to-40, Hispanic women are arriving at a faster rate in Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Johnston, Orange and Wake counties. – North Carolina
July 31, 2007
Did You Know? A Florida travel agency, Viajes Principal, offers a 17-day, $5,000-a-person tour of Europe for quinceañeras and their families, culminating with a formal dinner atop the Eiffel Tower and boat tour down the Seine, the girls decked out in their quince regalia.
July 24, 2007
Did You Know? Jennifer is 38 today. Happy Birthday
Did You Know? Lynda de la Viña, Business dean at University of Texas at San Antonio was the first Mexican-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in economics in the United States
July 18, 2007
Did You Know? Nearly 1 in 4 Hispanic / Latino children under age 3 have not been fully immunized
June 25, 2007
Did You Know? Hispanic women held just 0.8 percent of all Fortune 500 seats in 2006
June 5, 2007
Did You Know? Dolores Kunda is the 2007 Chicago Advertising Woman of the Year. Kunda, president and CEO of Lapiz, the Hispanic division of Leo Burnett, has more than 20 years of experience working with blue chip clients in the ad industry
April 5, 2007
Did You Know? Among major population groups, Hispanic teens exhibit the highest pregnancy rate (53.0 per 1,000 female age-group population) in Kansas
March 26, 2007
Did You Know? Fewer than 10 percent of Hispanic children had mothers who were college graduates, compared with 30 percent of white children
March 12, 2007
Did You Know? The median hourly wage of a black or Hispanic woman in Wisconsin averages 31 percent less than white women and nearly 73 percent less than the average wage of a white man.
January 28, 2007
Did You Know? As many as 900,000 female illegal immigrants work as maids in the US
January 23, 2007
Did You Know? Nydia Velazquez, who represents New Yorks 12th Congressional district, becomes the first Puerto Rican – and first Hispanic woman – to chair the House Small Business Committee.
Did You Know? Overall, Hispanic women are the most likely to use makeup. The number hovers between 86-87 per cent across all age groups
December 27, 2006
Did You Know? 17 million Latinas live in the United States
December 13, 2006
Did You Know? Latinas have the highest rates of new cases of cervical cancer, about 2 1/2 times that of non-Hispanic women, as well as the second-highest death rate from cervical cancer
December 12, 2006
Did You Know? Black and Latino women have the highest incidences of subprime lending
December 11, 2006
Did You Know? Hispanic women on average are diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years earlier than white women
December 8, 2006
Did You Know? When Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was elected to the House of Representatives in 1989, she became the first Hispanic woman and the first Cuban-American elected to the U.S. Congress
November 30, 2006
Did You Know? Latinas, often the victims of sexism and machismo, now account for 25 percent of all Latino HIV infections, as compared to only 2 percent in 1981
November 7, 2006
Did You Know? One in two Hispanic females born in the United States in 2000 will develop diabetes if current trends continue
November 2, 2006
There are at least seven Latina Presidents of universities and colleges in Texas
October 19, 2006
Did You Know? Latinas who seek reproductive healthcare feel disregarded by healthcare professionals, particularly if the woman has limited English fluency
October 15, 2006
Did You Know? Census figures estimate that there are almost 2 million Latina teenagers in the United States
