Dorotea de Chopitea
Spanish philanthropist and social figure, renowned for her charitable work and influence in Barcelona during the 19th century.
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Teresa Wilms Montt
Chilean writer and poet known for her anarcha-feminist beliefs.
Dr María Ruiz
Distinguished Chilean astronomer; the first woman to receive Chile’s National Prize for Exact Sciences, the first female astrophysics doctorate from Princeton University, and the first woman president of the Chilean Academy of Sciences.
Peggy Angus
British artist and designer
Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet
Founder of the Lyceum Le Brun de Pinochet, a Chilean school for girls, in the year 1875.
Rosario Orrego
Chilean poet
Helen Loring Grenfell
American educator, suffragist and penologist
Gabriela Mistral
As a Chilean author and educator, Gabriela Mistral became the first Latin American author to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. She boldly advocated for the rights of women, children, the poor, and many other disadvantaged groups in her community.
Michelle Bachelet
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Chilean politician who served as the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018. She previously served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 2018; a member of the Socialist Party of Chile, she was the first woman to hold the Chilean presidency. After leaving the presidency in 2010 and while not immediately reelectable (Chile does not allow consecutive presidential terms), she was appointed the first executive director of the newly created United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In December 2013, Bachelet was reelected as president with more than 62% of the vote, improving on the 54% she won in 2006. She became the first President of Chile to be reelected since 1932.
Bachelet, a physician who has studied military strategy at university level, had also been Health Minister and Defense Minister under her predecessor, Ricardo Lagos. In addition to her native Spanish, she speaks, with varying levels of fluency, English, German, and Portuguese.
Irene Morales Infante
Irene Morales Infante was a Chilean soldier who served in the War of the Pacific (1879-1884) between Chile, Peru and Bolivia.