Born: 1834, Chile
Died: 21 May 1879
Country most active: Chile
Also known as: Rosario Orrego de Uribe, Rosario Orrego de Chacón, Una Madre
The following is excerpted from “400 Outstanding Women of the World and the Costumology of Their Time” by Minna Moscherosch Schmidt, published in 1933.
Rosario Orrego de Chacon ranks as one of the most cultured women of her epoch. She was born in Copiapo in 1834 and died in 1879.
She wrote many novels, among them Alberto el Jugador and Los Busca Vidas. She was the mother of two sons, one a distinguished lawyer and the other a valiant officer of the navy, who passed away on the same day as his mother.
Rosario was admired for her beauty. There is a sculpture of her in the Museum of Arts. She was a member of La Academia Espanola.