Manuela Cabezón de Jordán y de Rodríguez

Other names/titles:
Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown

Biographical details

Born in Salta in 1805, she married Servando Jordán in 1831 and was widowed soon afterwards. She helped her sister, Dámasa Cabezón, to found a school in Santiago de Chile. She moved to Valdivia and founded another school. She married Domingo Rodríguez Zorrilla in 1839 and was widowed again in 1843. In 1851 she moved to Lima and founded a school there. She returned to Chile in 1853 and founded a college in Copiapó. She was awarded a prize for her work in education in 1854. She moved to Valparaíso with her sisters for health reasons and in 1859 founded and led a college for young women for 15 years. She died in 1870. (Sosa de Newton, 108)

Vergara Quiroz claims that she married Captain Servando Jordán in 1824 and moved to Valparaíso where his ship was based. She established a college in 1831, which she kept until her second marriage to Domingo Rodríguez Zorilla. On 28 May 1826 she wrote to Javiera Carrera giving her news of her daughter Santos Díos de Valdés y Carrera and on 3 June 1826 regarding rumours of Bernado O'Higgins's return to politics. (Vergara Quiroz, 158-160)

Life Events

Born	1805	She was born in Salta.
Married	1824	She may have married Servando Jordán.
Other	1826	She wrote to Javiera Carrera in May and June 1826.
Married	1831	She may have married Servando Jordán.
Married	1839	She married Domingo Rodríguez Zorrilla.
Other	1843	She was widowed for the second time.
Other	1851	She moved to Lima and founded a school there.
Other	1853	She moved to Copiacó, Chile and founded a college.
Other	1854	She was awarded a prize for her contribution to education.
Other	1859	She founded a college in Valparaíso.
Died	1870	She died in Valparaíso.

References

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

Vergara Quiroz, Sergio, (1987), Cartas de mujeres en Chile, 1630-1885

Publications

Letter: Carta

Links

Resource id #43 (7)

Resource id #47 (4)

Resource id #51 (11)

Resource id #55 (3)

Resource id #59 (46)

Gendering Latin American Independence

School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Trent Building, University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0)115 951 5655
email: Catherine.davies@nottingham.ac.uk