Alicia Blanco Montesinos

Alicia Leontina Felipa Blanco Montesinos de Salinas was a Peruvian educator and politician.

In 1956 she was among the first group of women elected to Congress, serving until 1962.

[1] She was educated at the Colegio del Corazón de Jesús y los Sagrados Corazones, before attending the National University of San Marcos, where she earned a teaching degree.

[1] She became headmistress of national colleges in Ayacucho and Huancayo.

[1] During a debate on 25 November 1960 she was insulted by Carlos Balarezo Delta, after which she hit him with her briefcase.