NATIONAL ORDER OF HONOR AND MERIT MARIANA GRAJALES MACEO

Orden Nacional De Honor y Merito Mariana Grajales del Maceo.

• Order instituted in 1952.
• Order awarded to Cuban women for achievements in various fields.
• Mariana Grajales Coello (June 26, 1808 – November 23, 1893) - Cuban icon of the women's struggle and the fight for an independent Cuba free from slavery.