Aurora Argomedo
Aurora Argomedo (died 1948 in (Viña del Mar) was a Chilean politician, feminist and activist, best known for her work on behalf of women's rights in Chile. She participated actively in the educational reforms of the 1910s and 1920s.
Biography
[edit]Records at the University of Chile showed that Argomedo was gymnastics teacher.[1]
Activism
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Politically, she was a founder of the Unión Femenina de Chile (Women's Union of Chile) with Gabriela Mandujano on 26 October 1927.[2][3] Like the Bando Feminino, this organization also promoted equal rights for women in Chile with a focus on empowering women in navigating the archaic social divisions in the country.[4] By 1932, this organization had over one thousand members, providing cultural and social welfare projects, free medical care, and self-improvement courses.[5] Initially, Argomedo and Mandujano favored apolitical activities such as education by creating a consciousness of needs among Chilean women living in urban areas.[5][6] In 1934, the organization actively supported the civil and political rights of women, particularly women's suffrage.[7] Argomedo also supported other feminists such as the writer Delia Ducoing (also known as Isabel Morel), who published the book Charlas femininas and the feminist magazine Nosotras.[8][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Chile, Universidad de (1900). Anales de la Universidad de Chile (in Spanish). Santiago: Imprenta del Siglo. p. 146.
- ^ Giordano, Verónica (2012). Ciudadanas incapaces: la construcción de los derechos civiles de las mujeres en Argentina, Brasil, Chile y Uruguay en el siglo XX (in Spanish). Teseo. p. 143. ISBN 978-987-1859-07-8.
- ^ Elgueta, Sara Guerín de (1928). Actividades femeninas en Chile: obra publicada con motivo del cincuentenario del decreto que concedió a la mujer chilena el derecho de validar sus exámenes secundarios : datos hasta diciembre de 1927 (in Spanish). La Ilustración. p. 639.
- ^ Vergara, Gabriel Salazar; Vallejos, Julio Pinto (2002). Historia contemporánea de Chile: Hombría y feminidad (in Spanish). Santiago: Lom Ediciones. p. 177. ISBN 956-282-172-2.
- ^ a b c Lavrin, Asuncion (1998). Women, Feminism, and Social Change in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, 1890-1940. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. p. 296. ISBN 0-8032-2897-X.
- ^ Smith, Bonnie G. (2008). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-19-514890-9.
- ^ Giordano, Verónica (2012). Ciudadanas incapaces: la construcción de los derechos civiles de las mujeres en Argentina, Brasil, Chile y Uruguay en el siglo XX (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Teseo. p. 143. ISBN 978-987-1859-07-8.
- ^ Comandini, Ana (2021). Históricas: Movimientos feministas y de mujeres en Chile, 1850-2020 (in Spanish). Santiago: LOM Ediciones. ISBN 978-956-00-1426-9.
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