"of Argentina until her death in 2011. Following President Juan Perón's enactment of women's suffrage in 1949, First Lady Evita Perón led the Peronist Women's Party until her death in 1952, and helped enhance the role of women in Argentine society. Women played a significant role as both supporters and opponents of the National Reorganization Process, Argentina's last dictatorship, in the late 1970s, and the establishment of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, an advocacy group led by mothers of the disappeared, was done by Azucena Villaflor de Vicenti and, mostly, other women, on the rationale that they would"
"supporter of the military government of General Augusto Pinochet. Markmann died, 101 years old, on June 12, 2009, in her mansion in Las Condes, Santiago de Chile. Rosa Markmann Rosa Markmann Reijer de González Videla (July 30, 1907 – June 12, 2009) was the Chilean First Lady from 1946 to 1952, during the presidency of her husband, Gabriel González Videla. Known by her nickname ""Mitty"", Markmann was born in Taltal, Chile, from German descent, and her parents were the banker Ladislao Markmann and Ana Reijer. Her maternal grandfather was ambassador in Sweden. Rosa's great-grandfather was born in Hamburg. She was"
"many unofficial titles in addition to """"La Presidenta"""", such as the ""Lady of Hope"", ""First Samaritan"", ""Lady of the Descamisados"", the ""Rainbow of Argentina"", and Santa (Saint) Evita. As the wife of the President, Eva, of course, held the title of First Lady. In 1951 the Peronist Party nominated Evita to run for the office of Vice President and Senate President of the Argentine Nation, but many issues such as opposition from the Argentine military, Perón's personal fear of political opposition to his wife, and especially her illness contributed to Eva withdrawing her candidacy. Without her uterine cancer, it seems"
"Chamber of Deputies in 1951 as one of the first 22 women in Congress. The first woman to make a formal speech in the Argentine Congress, she was active in intellectual property and consumer rights. Following the First Lady's death in 1952, she was elected titular head of the Peronist Women's Party, and represented her country in the Inter-Parliamentary Union. On April 25, 1953, she was unanimously elected First Vice President of the Chamber, becoming the first Argentine Woman to hold an elected leadership position in any branch (to date, she remains the highest-ranking woman in Argentine Congressional history). Parodi"
"Isabel Martínez de Perón María Estela Martínez Cartas de Perón (born 4 February 1931), better known as Isabel Martínez de Perón () or Isabel Perón, served as the 42nd President of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was the third wife of President Juan Perón. During her husband's third term as president from 1973 to 1974, Isabel served as both vice president and First Lady. Following her husband's death in office in 1974, Isabel served as president of Argentina from 1 July 1974 to 24 March 1976, when the military took over the government and placed her under house arrest"
"María Lorenza Barreneche María Lorenza Barreneche Iriarte (July 3, 1926 – January 5, 2016) was an Argentine public figure and wife of the late President Raúl Alfonsín. She held the position of First Lady of Argentina from 1983 until 1989. Barreneche was born in 1926 in Chascomús, Buenos Aires Province, to Felipe Barrenche Echaide (1898-1984) and María Lorenza Iriarte Hospital (1898-1989). She was of Basque descent. She met her husband, Raúl Alfonsín, a law student who was also born in Chascomús, at a masquerade ball during the 1940s. The couple, who married in 1949, had six children: Raúl Felipe (b."
"Zulema Yoma Zulema Fátima Yoma (born 18 December 1942) was the First Lady of Argentina from 1989 to 1991, when she divorced Ex-President Carlos Menem A native of Nonogasta in La Rioja Province, Yoma was married for twenty-five years (1966–91) to Carlos Saúl Menem, who served as President of Argentina from July 1989 to December 1999. They had two children, a son, Carlos Saúl Facundo Menem Yoma, who died in a helicopter crash in 1995, and a daughter, Zulema María Eva Menem, who, starting in 1991, fulfilled the role of First Lady at formal occasions for the remaining eight years"
"Inés Pertiné Urien Inés Pertiné Urien (born December 27, 1942) is an Argentine public figure and wife of former President Fernando de la Rúa. She served as First Lady of Argentina from 1999 until 2001. She also held the position of , the country's capital city, from 1996 to 1999. Pertiné, the daughter of María Celia Urien Irigoyen and Julio Jorge Pertin, was born on December 27, 1942. She attended colegio Asunción, which is now called San Martín de Tours. Pertiné married Fernando de la Rúa, a lawyer and politician, on December 1, 1970, after dating for three years. She"
"year at the University of La Plata and moved to Patagonia with her husband Néstor Kirchner upon his graduation. She was elected to the provincial legislature while her husband was elected mayor of Río Gallegos. She was elected national senator in 1995 and had a controversial tenure while her husband was elected governor of Santa Cruz Province. In 1994, she was also elected to the constituent assembly that amended the Constitution of Argentina. She was the First Lady from 2003 to 2007 after her husband was elected President. Her husband did not run for reelection, instead she was the candidate"
"Rosa Markmann Rosa Markmann Reijer de González Videla (July 30, 1907 – June 12, 2009) was the Chilean First Lady from 1946 to 1952, during the presidency of her husband, Gabriel González Videla. Known by her nickname ""Mitty"", Markmann was born in Taltal, Chile, from German descent, and her parents were the banker Ladislao Markmann and Ana Reijer. Her maternal grandfather was ambassador in Sweden. Rosa's great-grandfather was born in Hamburg. She was married to González Videla until his death in 1980. During the presidency of her husband, she played a key role in the Chilean women's suffrage movement. In"
"his tenure in 2011, she retired as First Lady with high approval ratings among the Peruvian public. Pilar Nores de García María del Pilar Nores Bodereau de García (born March 11, 1949) is an Argentine-born Peruvian economist. The wife of former President of Peru, Alan García, she was that nation's First Lady on two occasions. Born in Córdoba, Argentina, Pilar Nores was the thirteenth of fourteen children of a traditional family; her father, Rogelio Nores Martínez, served as interim Governor of Córdoba from 1962 to 1963, and was Director of the National University of Córdoba from 1967 to 1970. She"
"presidential term and ushered in a new wave of supporters. The first lady's willingness to replace the ailing Hortensio Quijano as Perón's running mate for the 1951 campaign was defeated by her own frail health and by military opposition. A 22 August rally organized for her by the CGT on Buenos Aires' wide Nueve de Julio Avenue failed to turn the tide. On 28 September, elements in the Argentine Army led by General Benjamín Andrés Menéndez attempted a coup against Perón. Although unsuccessful, the mutiny marked the end of the first lady's political hopes. She died the following July. Among"
"Juan Perón Juan Domingo Perón (; October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labor and Vice President, he was elected President of Argentina three times, serving from June 1946 to September 1955, when he was overthrown in a ""coup d'état"", and then from October 1973 until his death in July 1974. During his first presidential term (1946–52), Perón was supported by his second wife, Eva Duarte (""Evita""), and they were immensely popular among many Argentines. Eva died in 1952, and Perón was elected to"
"during a charity event at the Luna Park Stadium to benefit the victims of an earthquake in San Juan, Argentina. The two were married the following year. Juan Perón was elected President of Argentina in 1946; during the next six years, Eva Perón became powerful within the pro-Peronist trade unions, primarily for speaking on behalf of labor rights. She also ran the Ministries of Labor and Health, founded and ran the charitable Eva Perón Foundation, championed women's suffrage in Argentina, and founded and ran the nation's first large-scale female political party, the Female Peronist Party. In 1951, Eva Perón announced"
"a second term, serving from 1952 until 1955. During the following period of two military dictatorships, interrupted by two civilian governments, the Peronist party was outlawed and Perón was exiled. When the left-wing Peronist Héctor Cámpora was elected President in 1973, Perón returned to Argentina and was soon after elected President for a third time. His third wife, María Estela Martínez, known as Isabel Perón, was elected as Vice President on his ticket and succeeded him as President upon his death in 1974. Although they are still controversial figures, Juan and Evita Perón are nonetheless considered icons by the Peronists."
"Argentine, preserved in history as a special position for Eva. The First Lady, Eva Perón was the wife, top adviser, and political partner of President of the Argentine Nation Juan Perón. Her power was such that she was referred to as ""La Presidenta"", Spanish for ""The (female) President"" and in the Casa Rosada museum, where almost every president's statue stands alone, there is a statue of her with her husband It is widely speculated by historians that she would have (officially) become the first female President in Argentina had it not been for her early death. Evita held many de"
"was 27 years old at the time, while he was 33. The couple had three children, Antonio, Fernando and Agustina. Inés Pertiné Urien Inés Pertiné Urien (born December 27, 1942) is an Argentine public figure and wife of former President Fernando de la Rúa. She served as First Lady of Argentina from 1999 until 2001. She also held the position of , the country's capital city, from 1996 to 1999. Pertiné, the daughter of María Celia Urien Irigoyen and Julio Jorge Pertin, was born on December 27, 1942. She attended colegio Asunción, which is now called San Martín de Tours."
"in La Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires. President Mauricio Macri tweeted his condolences to her family. María Lorenza Barreneche María Lorenza Barreneche Iriarte (July 3, 1926 – January 5, 2016) was an Argentine public figure and wife of the late President Raúl Alfonsín. She held the position of First Lady of Argentina from 1983 until 1989. Barreneche was born in 1926 in Chascomús, Buenos Aires Province, to Felipe Barrenche Echaide (1898-1984) and María Lorenza Iriarte Hospital (1898-1989). She was of Basque descent. She met her husband, Raúl Alfonsín, a law student who was also born in Chascomús, at a masquerade"
"Juana del Pino y Vera Mujica Juana del Pino y Vera Mujica (December 21, 1786 - December 14, 1841) was the daughter of the viceroy of the Río de la Plata Joaquín del Pino and wife of Bernardino Rivadavia, first President of Argentina, and therefore the first woman to become First Lady of Argentina. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Juana was the fourth daughter of the viceroy Joaquín del Pino and his second wife, the Argentine vicereine Rafaela de Vera Mujica y López Pintado. In 1801, when her father was appointed viceroy of the Rio de la Plata, the family, which"
"1922 to 1928, most notably, it served as the official residence to the President of Argentina, Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, and his wife, the opera chanteuse Regina Pacini de Alvear. The mansion was sold to Adelia María Harilaos de Olmos, the widow of prominent Córdoba Province landowner Ambrosio Harilaos de Olmos, in 1940. The founder of the Catholic Ladies' League and financier of a working women's assistance fund, a number of churches and a hospital pavilion bequeathed the residence to the Holy See, in 1947. Upon her death in 1949, it became the Apostolic Nunciature in Argentina; the Pope at"
"Regina Pacini Regina Isabel Luisa Pacini Quintero (January 6, 1871, Lisbon, Portugal - September 18, 1965, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a lyric soprano, First Lady of Argentina, who married with the Argentine political Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear. Born the daughter of the Italian baritone Pietro Andrea Giorgi-Pacini and Spanish Felisa Quintero in Lisbon, during the regency of her father's Teatro San Carlos in Lisbon. As soprano was a major exponent of the bel canto era, such as Lucia di Lammermoor, I Puritani, Rigoletto, Manon and Rosina in The Barber of Seville. Shestudied in Paris with Mathilde Marchesi and debuted in"
"haven for actors, with 45 rooms, two small museums and the headquarters of the Regina Theatre named in his honor. Regina Pacini Regina Isabel Luisa Pacini Quintero (January 6, 1871, Lisbon, Portugal - September 18, 1965, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a lyric soprano, First Lady of Argentina, who married with the Argentine political Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear. Born the daughter of the Italian baritone Pietro Andrea Giorgi-Pacini and Spanish Felisa Quintero in Lisbon, during the regency of her father's Teatro San Carlos in Lisbon. As soprano was a major exponent of the bel canto era, such as Lucia di Lammermoor,"
"Pilar Nores de García María del Pilar Nores Bodereau de García (born March 11, 1949) is an Argentine-born Peruvian economist. The wife of former President of Peru, Alan García, she was that nation's First Lady on two occasions. Born in Córdoba, Argentina, Pilar Nores was the thirteenth of fourteen children of a traditional family; her father, Rogelio Nores Martínez, served as interim Governor of Córdoba from 1962 to 1963, and was Director of the National University of Córdoba from 1967 to 1970. She completed her primary and secondary education at the Alejandro Carbó School, obtaining her high school diploma at"
"1951 Argentine general election The Argentine general election of 1951, the first to have enfranchised women at the national level, was held on 11 November. Voters chose both the President of Argentina and their legislators and with a turnout of 88.0%, it produced the following results: President Juan Perón (1895-1974) had become President for the first time in June 1946 (see Argentine general election, 1946). His popularity was riding high following five years of social reforms and a vigorous public works program, faced intensifying opposition during 1951. His decision to expropriate the conservative ""La Prensa"" (then the nation's second-most circulated"
"Mary Tarrero-Serrano María Dolores ""Mary"" Tarrero-Serrano de Prio (5 October 1924 – 24 September 2010) was the First Lady of Cuba from 1948 to 1952. She was the second wife of Cuban President, Carlos Prio, who was overthrown by Fulgencio Batista in a military coup. Terrero was born on the sugarcane mill ""Pina"" in eastern Camaguey. Her father, Gerardo Terrero, was the mill's accountant and her mother was Elvira Serrano. She and an older sister, Ana, studied stenography. While working in the Cuban Senate, she met her husband, who was a senator. They married on June 14, 1945 and they"
"Evita's premature death in 1952, the Foundation briefly passed under the control of other Peronist women; but it did not outlast the fall of the regime itself in 1955 and had been in terminal decline since 1952 anyway. As late as the 1970s, storage facilities full of goods intended for the Argentine poor were still being discovered. Eva Perón Foundation The Eva Perón Foundation was a charitable foundation begun by Eva Perón, a prominent Argentine political leader, when she was the First Lady and Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina. It operated from 1948 to 1955. Social welfare in"
"After his release from prison, Juan Perón decided to campaign for the presidency of the nation, which he won in a landslide. Eva campaigned heavily for her husband during his 1946 presidential bid. Using her weekly radio show, she delivered powerful speeches with heavy populist rhetoric urging the poor to align themselves with Perón's movement. Though she had become wealthy from her radio and modeling success, she highlighted her own humble upbringing as a way of showing solidarity with the impoverished classes. Along with her husband, Eva visited every corner of the country, becoming the first woman in Argentina's history"
"Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born February 19, 1953), sometimes referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine politician who served as President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015. She was the second woman to serve as President of Argentina, the first directly elected female president and the first woman re-elected to the office. Ideologically a Peronist and social democrat, she was a member of the Justicialist Party, with her political approach being characterised as Kirchnerist, a form of left-wing populism. Born in , La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, she studied law for one"
"first lady. Her importance and power led to accusations intended to discredit her, including allegations that she was a spy for the French or the English. After Liniers died in 1810 she retired to a quieter life with her sons and died peacefully in 1847, at the age of 72. In 1847 Argentina was governed by Juan Manuel de Rosas, a General of the Argentine Army and a politician. Rosas governed the Argentine Confederation by decree from 1829-52. Camila was considered a pillar of polite society, a close friend and confidante of Rosas' daughter, Manuelita, and a frequent guest at"
"in 1946. From 1947 until 1949, she was the general supervisor for Chile's high school system. She promoted universal suffrage in 1948 in the capacity of president of the Chilean Federation of Women's institutions (""Federación Chilena de Instituciones Femeninas""), which was achieved gradually between 1931 and 1952. From 1949-50, she was head of the Women's Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She taught psychology in the University school for social workers. She was also a journalist in Social Periodistica del Sur. Between 1950 and 1952 she represented Chile as ""Minister plenipotentiary"" to the Third General Assembly of the United"
"facility. Eva Perón was instrumental as a symbol of hope to the common laborer during the first five-year plan. When she died in 1952, the year of the presidential elections, the people felt they had lost an ally. Coming from humble origins, she was loathed by the elite but adored by the poor for her work with the sick, elderly, and orphans. It was due to her behind-the-scenes work that women's suffrage was granted in 1947 and a feminist wing of the 3rd party in Argentina was formed. Simultaneous to Perón's five-year plans, Evita supported a women's movement that concentrated"
"in her role as first lady. Lila T. Abaunza Lila Teresita Abaunza Abaunza de Bolaños (29 January 1929 – 17 July 2008) was the First Lady of Nicaragua from 2002 until 2007 and the wife of the former President of Nicaragua, Enrique Bolaños. She was well noted for her charitable work. Abaunza was born in Masaya, Nicaragua, member of a prestigious family. Her father was Alexander Abaunza Espinoza, President of the Congress of Nicaragua and Public Work Minister and Agriculture in the Partido Liberal, son of Carlos Abaunza Cuadra and wife Dolores Espinoza ... Her mother was his wife and"
"for homeless children, nurseries, and other institutions. Elisa Martínez also began to take charge of day care centers and schools. According to reports, her successor as First Lady, Maria Cristina Vilanova, affirmed that Martínez asked her to take charge of Martínez's work during the inauguration of Arévalo's successor, Jacobo Arbenz, on March 15, 1951. After she left Guatemala following the end of her husband's term of office, she returned to Buenos Aires and resumed teaching at the same school she had been employed at prior to her departure. Martínez died on April 15, 1985, in Bariloche, Argentina. Elisa Martínez Contreras"