What is Lolita Lebrón?
{{Infobox person | name = Lolita Lebrón | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|11|19|}} | birth_place = [[Lares, Puerto Rico]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|8|1|1919|11|19}} | death_place = [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] |nationality = [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] [[File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1895-1952, light blue).svg|25px|alt=]] | image = Lolita Lebron 3x4.jpg | spouse = Sergio Irizarry | children = | movement = Puerto Rican Independence | party = [[Puerto Rican Nationalist Party]] | monuments = | footnotes = }} '''Lolita Lebrón''' (November 19, 1919&nbsp;– August 1, 2010) was a [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] nationalist. She was convicted of attempted murder and other crimes after leading [[1954 United States Capitol shooting incident|an assault]] on the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1954, resulting in the wounding of five members of the United States Congress. She was freed from prison in 1979 after being granted clemency by President [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lolita-lebron-ck5fbs9xndl | title=Lolita Lebrón | date=Aug 23, 2010 | access-date=23 November 2019 | newspaper=www.thetimes.co.uk }}</ref> Lebrón died on August 1, 2010 in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] from [[myocarditis]] and a [[respiratory tract infection]] at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite book| title=Fallece Lolita Lebrón| author=Sandra Caquías Cruz | publisher=[[El Nuevo Día]]| language=es| date=2010-08-01| chapter=Noticias}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lebron, Lolita}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2010 deaths]] [[Category:Puerto Rican activists]] [[Category:American criminals]] {{bio-stub}}