Born: 1845, Chile
Died: 25 June 1930
Country most active: Chile
Also known as: Isabel Le Brun
The following is excerpted from “400 Outstanding Women of the World and the Costumology of Their Time” by Minna Moscherosch Schmidt, published in 1933.
Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet was the founder of the Lyceum Le Brun de Pinochet, a splendid school for girls, in the year 1875. From this school were graduated, Eloisa Diaz and Ernestina Perez, the two first South American women physicians, the pride of Chile and South America. Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet was instrumental in obtaining permission for women to write examinations before a university commission in order to receive professional titles. In 1877, a decree was issued, giving women the right to study in Universities.