Bertha Hernández de Ospina
Bertha Hernández de Ospina | |
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| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office July 20, 1970 – July 20, 1974 | |
| First Lady of Colombia | |
| In role August 7, 1946 – August 7, 1950 | |
| President | Mariano Ospina Pérez |
| Preceded by | María Michelsen de López |
| Succeeded by | María Hurtado de Gómez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bertha Hernández Fernández April 17, 1907 Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Died | September 11, 1993 (aged 86) Fusagasugá, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Political party | Conservative |
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Bertha Hernández de Ospina (April 17, 1907 — September 11, 1993) was a Colombian writer, columnist, politician and suffragette served as first lady of Colombia from 1946 to 1950 as the wife of Mariano Ospina Pérez and more later as Senator of Colombia from 1970 to 1982.[1][2]
As first lady she led the suffrage movement in Colombia and later became the first woman director of a political party in Colombia.[3]
References[change]
- ↑ "Bertha Hernández de Ospina, ex senadora colombiana" [Bertha Hernández de Ospina, former Colombian senator]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid: 0211-9366. 15 September 1993. ISSN 0211-9366. OCLC 12670792. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (80). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic. ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Colombia, National Directorate for Women´s Equity (1998). 40 años del voto de la mujer en Colombia (in Spanish). Bogotá. ISBN 978-958-96123-6-1.
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