Women and Independence in Latin America

An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence

Eduarda Mansilla de García

Other names: Alvar

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: White

Events:

1834  -  Buenos Aires  -  Not applicable  -  She was born in Buenos Aires.
1860  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  Her first novel, The San Luis doctor was published.
1887  -  Paris  -  Unknown  -  She was widowed.
1887  -  Paris  -  Unknown  -  She was living here in 1887 while her husband, Manuel Rafael García, was in Austria.
1892  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  She died in Buenos Aires on 29 December 1892.

Connections:

Rosas Family
Writers (women) novelists

Biography:
Born in Buenos Aires, in 1834, the daughter of Agustina Rosas and Lucio Mansilla and niece of Rosas. She was educated within his close family circle. She married Manuel Rafael García, a diplomat and they moved to the United States and Europe. Her first novel appeared in 1860. She worked as a journalist using the pseudonym Alvar. She settled in Paris, while García moved to Austria where he died in 1887. She returned to Buenos Aires two months later, where her home became a cultural and social centre for intellectuals and politicians. She died on 29 December 1892. (Sosa de Newton, 382)

References:

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