Teresa de la Parra
Venezuelan writer, considered one of the most important Latin American literary figures of the early 20th century.
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Aurelia de Campisteguy
Uruguayan first lady
Ines
Doña Ines was a fifteenth-sixteenth century caciqua of Taíno origin
Marie-Claire Bonheur Dessalines
Marie-Claire and her husband became the first emperor and empress of Haiti.
Adélina Lévêque
Empress of Haiti in the 1800s
Odaline de la Martinez
Composer, conductor and a graduate in maths and music, Odaline was the first woman, in 1984, to conduct a Prom in 89 seasons of the BBC Promenade Concerts, since it’s inception in 1895.
Peggy Angus
British artist and designer
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
Renowned Cuban poet.
Josefa Jacoba Jované
First lady of Panama from 1908 to 1910
Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet
Founder of the Lyceum Le Brun de Pinochet, a Chilean school for girls, in the year 1875.