Famous Hispanic Women have always existed in Latin American countries as well as Spain. Through out time, women have made great contributions often overlooked in large by the history books used in teaching our history to our youth. Many people tell the stories of the famous Hispanic men who have made impacts on the world as we know it today, whose positive contributions that are apparent or talked about in modern times and have been archived into the records of history. In this series of articles I will write about the great and famous Hispanic women. Who are these famous Hispanic Women? Where do they come from? What have they done to make them great? What were their personal stories as well as their public lives like? There are many examples of famous Hispanic women from both history and today and we will explore the tales and contributions of these women in our series of Famous Hispanic Women. In the stories of these women is sacrifice, passion and dedication that can serve as an inspiration to every woman to reach for dreams in the face of obstacles that seem to great to overcome.

Please check back often as a new article and name will be added to the list on a frequent basis as we begin our series on famous Hispanic Women. If you have a name of a famous Hispanic Woman that you would like to have added to the list, please send an email with your nomination of women you feel are worthy to have added to the list.

Please follow the links below to read more about these famous Hispanic women.


Selena (1971-1995)

Jennifer Lopez

To learn more about Hispanic Women and their lives, written in their own voices, we reccomend the following book or the many other resources available through Amazon.com.