Isabel Casamayor de de Luca

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: White

Biographical details

Born in Madrid in 1788, she moved to Buenos Aires, where she was a friend and contemporary of Mariquita Sánchez. She attended Sánchez’s salons and worked with her in the Sociedad de Beneficiencia. She was present at the tertulia at which the national anthem was said to have been sung for the first time. She died, a victim of the plague around 1868 (Sáenz Quesada, 64, 87, 323).

Born in Madrid on 17 November 1788. She was one of the first members of the Sociedad de Beneficiencia. She translated Madame Quignon's Manual para las niñas, o Resumen de la enseñanza mutua, aplicada a la lectura, escritura, cálculo y costura from French. She was elected president of the society in 1835. (Sosa de Newton, 134)

She married Juan Manuel de Luca.

She was a founder member of the Sociedad de Beneficiencia. (Zavalía Lagos, 137)

(Related to Esteban de Luca?)

Life Events

Born	1788	She was born in Madrid on 19 November 1788.
Other	1823	She became a member of the Sociedad de Beneficencia
Other	1835	She was elected president of the Sociedad de Beneficiencia.
Died	1866	She died of plague (or cholera) in 1866.

References

Sáenz Quesada, María, (1996), Mariquita Sánchez, Vida política y sentimental

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

Zavalía Lagos, Jorge, (1986), Mariquita Sánchez y su tiempo

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