Olga Poblete

Olga Poblete de Espinosa was a long-time women's rights activist and feminist in Chile. She was a recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize in 1962.[1] Poblete and Elena Caffarena were later honored as "founding matriarchs" by the Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile of '83 or MEMCH '83.[2] This relates to them being important members of the original MEMCH that existed in the 1940s. Along with women's rights she was concerned with individual development and welfare issues.[3]

References

  1. ↑ AP via the Meriden Record of May 1, 1962
  2. ↑ Americas by Peter Winn, pgs 348 and 350
  3. ↑ Latin America in the 1940's edited by David Rock, pgs 176 and 180