Irene de Peyré or Irene Oliveros de Peyré (October 20, 1873 in Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala – June 28, 1968 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) was a Guatemalan educator and feminist. She attended the teacher's training school, Instituto Normal Central para Señoritas Belén[1] In 1920, she established La Alianza Francesa de Guatemala[2] to preserve the culture of French Guatemalans and in 1921, in order promote learning she established the Liceo Francés.[3]
In 1930, she was Guatemala's delegate to the Inter-American Commission of Women,[4] which at that time was involved in the preparation of a massive volume evaluating the effects of marriage on women's citizenship.[5] In 1944, she joined with a group of women including Angelina Acuña de Castañeda, Berta Corleto, Elisa Hall de Asturias, Gloria Méndez Mina de Padilla, Rosa de Mora, and Graciela Quan to form the Unión Femenina Guatemalteca Pro-ciudadanía (Union of Guatemalan Women for Citizenship) favoring recognition of their civil rights, including suffrage for literate women. After the Guatemalan 1944 coup d'état the new Constitution, promulgated on 1 March 1945 granted the right to vote to all literate citizens, including women.[6]
In 1951, when the Jesuits were unable to begin a school due to the government's anti-parochial school policy, Oliveros de Peyré, brought them under the umbrella of the French school for their mutual benefit—the Jesuits were able to secure a school and Oliveros de Peyré was able to secure a boys' section. The school opened in 1952 as Liceo Francés Sección de Varones and by the mid-1950s had changed its name to Liceo Javier.[7]
Awards
editIn 1958, she was awarded the Order of the Quetzal for her service to the country.[8]
References
edit- ^ Escobar, José Luis (2 September 2012). "Nostalgia por los años dorados en las aulas". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Revista D, No. 423. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "Alianza Francesa". Wikiguate (in Spanish). University Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, Guatemala: Wikiguate. 27 February 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "90 aniversario del Liceo Francés - Cambio de la Rosa". Embajada de Francia en Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Embajada de Francia en Guatemala. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ Seminar on Feminism and Culture in Latin America (1990). Women, culture, and politics in Latin America. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-520-90907-6. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "The World's First Treaty of Equality for Women - Montevideo, Uruguay, 1933". Organización de los Estados Americanos. Inter-American Commission of Women. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ Rodríguez de Ita, Guadalupe (March 2001). "Participación Política de las Mujeres en la Primavera Democrática Guatemalteca (1944-1954)". Participación política, persecución y exilio femenino al sur de la frontera mexicana (En la segunda mitad del siglo XX) (in Spanish). Chapter 8. San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ Avendaño, Nancy (2002). "El Javier: Formador de líderes nacionales" (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Prensa Libre. Archived from the original on 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "Orden del Quetzal". Enciclopedia Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Enciclopedia Guatemala. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.