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

Procesa Sarmiento de Lenoir

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: White

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Born in San Juan on 22 August 1818, she was the youngest sister of D.F. Sarmiento. She followed her artistic vocation as a painter. She was a teacher in the Colegio de Santa Rosa, founded by Sarmiento. She emigrated to San Felipe de Aconcagua with her mother and sisters in 1842 where she co-founded a college with her sister, Bienvenida. She took drawing lessons with the Frenchman Raymond Quinsac Monvoisin, specialising in portraits and miniatures. She married Frenchman Benjamín Lenoir in 1850, a friend of her brother. They had two daughters. Lenoir was injured in a mining accident and unable to work, so Procesa Sarmiento drew and taught painting for a living. They returned to San Juan in 1857, and from there went to Mendoza where she founded a college. Returning again to San Juan she resumed teaching painting. She was a member of the Sociedad de Beneficencia, helping at its foundation in 1865 and was president in 1878. She died in San Juan on 15 September 1899. In 1932 a school in San Juan was named after her. (Sosa de Newton, 587)

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