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Note: 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Felicita Rinc�n Marrero
Age in 1910: 13
Estimated birth year: abt 1897
Birthplace: Puerto Rico
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: Enrique
Father's Birth Place: Puerto Rico
Mother's name: Rita
Mother's Birth Place: Puerto Rico
Home in 1910: San Francisco, Humacao, Puerto Rico
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
Enrique Rinc�n Plumey 33
Rita Marrero Rivera de Rinc�n 33
Felicita Rinc�n Marrero 13
Josefina Rinc�n Marrero 11
Cecelia Rinc�n Marrero 9
Maria E Rinc�n Marrero 6
Jos� R Rinc�n Marrero 5
Enrique Rinc�n Marrero 2
Rafael Rinc�n Marrero 1
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Roll: T624_1767; Page: 26B; Enumeration District: 820; Image: 636.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls.
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1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Felicita Rincon Marrero
Home in 1920: Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Age: 23 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1897
Birthplace: Puerto Rico
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: Enrigue
Father's Birth Place: Puerto Rico
Mother's Birth Place: Puerto Rico
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 241
Household Members: Name Age
Enrique Rincon Plumey 46
Felicita Rincon Marrero 23
Josefina Rincon Marrero 20
Cecilia Rincon Marrero 19
Maria E Rincon Marrero 15
Jose R Rincon Marrero 14
Enrique Rincon Marrero 11
Rafael Rincon Marrero 10
Rita M Rincon Marrero 7
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Roll: T625_2071; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 241.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920. T625, 2,076 rolls.
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1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Felisa Rincon Marrero
Home in 1930: San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1897
Birthplace: Puerto Rico
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Parent's Name: Enrique
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Enrique Rincon Plumey 56
Felisa Rincon Marrero 33
Josefina Rincon Marrero 31
Jose Rincon Marrero 24
Enrique Rincon Marrero 22
Rafael Rincon Marrero 21
Rita Rincon Marrero 17
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Roll: 2662; Page: 44A; Enumeration District: 35; Image: 753.0.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
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Social Security Death Index
Name: Felisa Rincon de Gautier
SSN: 582-44-XXXX
Last Residence: 00914 San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America
Born: 9 Jan 1897
Died: 16 Sep 1994
SSN issued: Puerto Rico 1953
Source Citation: Number: 582-44-XXXX;Issue State: Puerto Rico;Issue Date: 1953.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
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Felisa Rinc�n de Gautier (also known as Do�a Fela) January 9, 1897- September 16, 1994 born in Ceiba, Puerto Rico was the first woman to be elected as the mayor of a capital city in any of The Americas.
Felisa Rinc�n de Gautier
(1897-1994)
Seal of the City of San Juan
Mayor of San Juan
1946-1968
Felisa, the oldest of 9 siblings, was influenced by her father who was very active in politics. Her mother died when she was only 11 years old. However, despite this her father was determined to give her the best education possible. She went to school in Fajardo, Humacao and Santurce where she graduated from high school; after this she studied pharmacy and became a pharmacist. Felisa later moved to New York City where she learned the art of high fashion design. When she returned to Puerto Rico, she opened a store called Felisa's Style Shop and a flower shop in San Juan.
Felisa was a firm believer that women should have the right to vote and was an active participant in the suffragist movement and motivated many women to register. When the law allowing women to vote was passed, Felisa was the 5th woman to officially register. In 1932, she joined the "Liberal Party", which believed in Puerto Rico's independence, and was named representative by the party's president Antonio R. Barcelo. Motivated by the political ideas of Luis Mu�oz Mar�n, she left the Liberal Party and in 1938 helped organize the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico.
In 1940, Felisa married the San Juan lawyer Genaro A. Gautier, who served as the Assistant Attorney General of Puerto Rico and Secretary General of the Popular Democratic Party. They had a long and happy marriage, but produced no offspring. In 1946, she ran for and was elected mayor of San Juan - the first woman to have been elected mayor of a capital city in the Americas. Under her leadership, San Juan was transformed into a great Latin-American urban center. Felisa designed innovative public services and established the first pre-school centers called "Las Escuelas Matemales", which would eventually become the model for the Head Start programs in the U.S.. She also renovated the public health system and was responsible for the establishment of the school of medicine in San Juan. She worked together with Ricardo Alegria to restore and conserve the historical structures of "Old San Juan" and provided housing and basic services to thousands of people. She often opened City Hall to the public and listened to concerns of the residents of the city. In 1959, San Juan was awarded the All American City Award.
Felisa started a Christmas tradition, which would be continued every year by the governors of Puerto Rico. On the D�a de los Reyes (Three Kings Day), celebrated on January 6, she would give gifts and treats to the poor and needy children. Once, she even had a plane load of snow delivered to San Juan so that the children who had never seen or played in snow, would be able to do so.
She was mayor of San Juan for 22 years, from 1946 to 1968. Upon retiring, Felisa served as the American Good Will Ambasador for four United States Presidents. She served in Latin-America, Asia and Europe promoting friendship between those continents and the United States.
Among her many awards and condecorations were the following:
"The Medal of Joan of Arc" from France
The "Golden Medal of Honor"
"The Don Quixote Medal" and the "Isabel the Catholic Medal" from Spain
The "Sim�n Bol�var Medal" from Venezuela
"The Order of Merit" from Israel
The "Golden Medal of Honor" from Ecuador
She was named "Woman of the Americas" in 1954 by the Union of American Women of New York
The "Medal of the Sagrado Sepulcro de Jer�salem" by Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York
The "John Adams Medal" from the Federated Women's Club of America
In 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt awarded her the "Madeline Borg Award from the Philanthropic Hebrew Federation of New York".
When Felisa Rinc�n de Gautier died in San Juan, aged 97, on September 16, 1994, she was given the burial honors of a head of state. Dignitaries from all over the world attended her funeral service.
Do�a Fela's memory has been honored by Puerto Rico by the naming of public structures and avenues after her. There is a Felisa Rinc�n de Gautier Museum in San Juan and a school in Brooklyn, New York is also named in her honour
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