Azucena Villaflor

Overview

Azucena Villaflor De Vicenti born Avellaneda, Argentina April 7, 1924 (d. 1977). “Mother of the Mothers.” Martyred founder of Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, protesting disappearances, 1977. Herself, disappeared and murdered, 1977.

Quotations

To a soldier's order to disperse: “We’re just taking some sun.” (Paola Gianturko, Grandmother Power, p. 151; photo scholarship t.edu)