While visiting an aunt and uncle in the exotic countryside of Costa Rica a young southern belle from Alabama accepted a ride on the back of a motorcycle belonging to a local charismatic farmer a ride that would propel her down narrow mountain roads and into history First Lady of the Revolution is the remarkable story of Henrietta Boggs who fell in love with a foreign land and the man destined to transform its identity Her marriage to Jose Don Pepe Figueres in 1941 led to a decadelong journey through activism exile and political upheaval and ultimately lasting progressive reforms First Lady of the Revolution is not only a depiction of the momentous struggle to shape Costa Ricas democratic identity its also a portrayal of how a courageous woman escaped the confines of a traditional sheltered existence to expand her horizons into a new world and live a life she never imagined
