María Josefa Cabezón de Villarino

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Gender: F
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Biographical details

She was born in Salta in 1807. She married a university lecturer, Francisco Villarino (born 1808). She was an intelligent woman who used innovations in her teaching. From 1850-1870 she ran a school in Santiago de Chile. Her daughters dedicated a college of learning to her in Valparaíso. She died in Valparaíso on 13 August 1870. (Sosa de Newton, 108)

Life Events

Born	1807	She was born in Salta.
Other	1850	She ran a school in Santiago de Chile from 1850-70.
Died	1870	She died in Valparaíso on 13 August 1870.

References

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

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