Elisa Godínez y Gómez de Batista | |
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| First Lady of Cuba | |
| In office 10 October 1940 – 10 October 1944 | |
| Preceded by | Leonor Montes de Bru |
| Succeeded by | Polita Grau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1905 Vereda Nueva, La Habana Province, Cuba |
| Died | June 19, 1993 Miami, Florida, USA |
| Spouse(s) |
Máximo Rodríguez (m. 19??; d. 1962) |
| Children | 3 |
Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista (c. 1905 – June 19, 1993) was the First Lady of Cuba from 1940 to 1944. She was the first wife of Cuban President, Dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Biography
Godínez was born on December 2, 1904[1][2] in the village of Vereda Nueva in the Havana province (Ciudad de La Habana Province).[1] Like Batista, she was of humble origin and was born in a small farmhouse, as one of nine children born to Salustiano Godínez y Córdoba and Concepción Gómez y Acosta.[1]
Godinez married Batista in 1933.[2][3][4] They had a son, Rubén, and two daughters, Mirta[5] and Elisa Aleida.[4] They divorced in 1945.[2][4][3]
Works carried out:
In 1943, the Wajay Park was built at the initiative of “Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista”, a lady who encouraged its construction, causing the disappearance of what was the first ball field in the town. Later, ball games continued to be played on the different surrounding properties. to the town in: the “Chinilinda” farm, in the “Los Zapotes” farm where there were in two different places, in the “La Aurora” farm next to the slaughterhouse, in the “la Luisa” farm where for the first time stands were built for the assistants.
Godínez married her second husband, Máximo Rodríguez, a former member of the Cuban Congress, and they immigrated to the United States in 1959, settling in Miami, Florida.[2][3] Rodríguez died in 1962, and Godínez resided in Miami until her death there on June 19, 1993,[3][4] at age 88.[2]
One of her grandsons (the son of Elisa Batista) is Raoul G. Cantero III, a Justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 2002 to 2008.
References
- 1 2 3 Argote-Freyre, Frank (21 April 2006). Fulgencio Batista The Making of a Dictator. Rutgers University Press. p. 29. ISBN 9780813541006. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Elisa Godinez Rodriguez". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, New Jersey. June 22, 1993. p. 28. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 4 "Elisa Rodriguez, Batista's wife, dies". The Central New Jersey Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. June 22, 1993. p. 2. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 4 "Cuba's former first lady dies". The Californian. Salinas, California. June 22, 1993. p. 16. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Wysocki, Ronald A. (August 23, 1959). "Batista's Daughter in Hub Thinks Dictator Betrayed. Cuba's Ex-Strongman Good to Own Family". The Boston Globe. p. 55. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
Further reading
- Fulgencio Batista: From Revolutionary to Strongman by Frank Argote-Freyre; Rutgers University Press (2006); ISBN 978-0-8135-3702-3