Carmen Olascoaga de Irigoyen

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: White

Biographical details

Born in Mendoza in 1828, she married Bernardo de Irigoyen on 12 October 1850 and they moved to Buenos Aires. She worked for charitable institutions, the Sociedad de Beneficencia, Hermanas de los Pobres, Damas de la Miseriecordia, Hermanas de los Desamparados de Santa Fe and San Vicente de Paúl, and created orphanages, founded mutual benefit societies etc. She died in Buenos Aires on 5 June 1893. (Sosa de Newton, 452)

Life Events

Born	1828	She was born in Mendoza.
Married	1850	She married Bernardo de Irigoyen on 12 October 1850.
Died	1893	She died in Buenos Aires on 5 June 1893.

References

Sosa de Newton, Lily, (1986), Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas

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