María Larraín de Vicuña

María Larraín de Vicuña (? – 23 September 1928, Santiago, Chile) was a writer and activist in the nascent Chilean feminist movement in the early twentieth century.[1][2]

María Larraín de Vicuña
BornChile
Died23 September 1928
Santiago, Chile
OccupationWriter, professor
NationalityChilean
Literary movementFeminism

A member of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile's Academia de Bellas Letras, she campaigned for women's civil and political rights in Chile by establishing several women's organizations and writing various Christian feminist articles between 1915 and 1928,[1][3] which were compiled and published posthumously in the book María Larraín de Vicuña: 23 de septiembre de 1928.

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  1. ^ a b Salazar, Gabriel; Pinto, Julio (1999). Historia contemporánea de Chile IV: Hombría y Feminidad (in Spanish). LOM Ediciones. p. 275. ISBN 978-956-282-501-6.
  2. ^ Salazar, Gabriel (December 1992). Rodó, Andrea; Váldes S., Ximena (eds.). "La mujer de "bajo pueblo" en Chile: bosquejo histórico". Proposiciones. Género, mujer y sociedad (in Spanish). 21. Santiago de Chile: Ediciones SUR. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. ^ Huerta, María Antonieta (1991). Catolicismo social en Chile: pensamiento y praxis de los movimientos apostólicos (in Spanish). Ediciones Paulinas. p. 564.