Bertha Hernández de Ospina
Bertha Hernández de Ospina (née Hernández Fernández; 17 April 1907 – 11 September 1993) was a Colombian politician, writer, columnist, and civil leader for women's rights. She served as First Lady of Colombia from 1946 to 1950 as the wife of President Mariano Ospina Pérez and later as Senator of Colombia from 1970 to 1974. Hernández de Ospina is the second most influential first lady in Colombian political life after Soledad Román de Núñez (wife of Rafael Núñez).
Bertha Hernández de Ospina
- Name
- Bertha Hernández de Ospina
- Birth Name
- Bertha Hernández Fernández
- Born
- 17 April 1907
- Birthplace
- Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
- Died
- 11 September 1993
- Place of death
- Fusagasugá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
- Nationality
- Colombia
- Occupation
- writer · politician · suffragette
- Languages
- Spanish
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Bertha Hernández de Ospina (née Hernández Fernández; 17 April 1907 – 11 September 1993) was a Colombian politician, writer, columnist, and civil leader for women's rights. She served as First Lady of Colombia from 1946 to 1950 as the wife of President Mariano Ospina Pérez and later as Senator of Colombia from 1970 to 1974. Hernández de Ospina is the second most influential first lady in Colombian political life after Soledad Román de Núñez (wife of Rafael Núñez).
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Bertha was also one of the members of the Colombian suffrage movement founded in 1954, alongside prominent figures like Josefina Valencia (First woman Minister of Colombia) and Esmeralda Arboleda (First woman congresswoman of Colombia).
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• Name — Bertha Hernández de Ospina • Office — Senator of Colombia • Term Start — 1970 07 20 • Term End — 1974 07 20 • Office2 — First Lady of Colombia • Term Label2 — In role • Term Start2 — 1946 08 07 • Term End2 — 1950 08 07 • President2 — Mariano Ospina Pérez • Predecessor2 — Bertha Puga de Lleras • Successor2 — María Hurtado de Gómez • Birth Name — Bertha Hernández Fernández • Born — 17 April 1907 • Birthplace — Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia • Died — 11 September 1993 • Place of death — Fusagasugá, Cundinamarca, Colombia • Party — Conservative • Children — * Mariano • Rodrigo • Fernando • Gonzalo • María Clara
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Personal life
Bertha Hernández Fernández was born on 17 April 1907 in Medellín, Antioquia, to Antonio María Hernández Suárez and Mercedes Fernández Echavarría. She married Mariano Ospina Pérez on 18 July 1926 at the Christian Brothers Chapel in Medellín. Together, they had five children: Mariano, Rodrigo, Fernando, Gonzalo, and María Clara.
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- 1.Historia: la primera dama de la política nacional.
- 2.Bertha Hernández de Ospina.
- 3.PERSONAJES DEL AÑO (1969 - 1971).
- 4.FALLECIÓ DOÑA BERTHA HERNÁNDEZ.
- 5.Forjadores de Colombia contemporánea: los 81 personajes que más han influido en la formación de nuestro país. 978-958-614-164-2.
- 6.Manual de historia presidencial: Colombia, 1819-2004. 978-958-42-1084-5.
- 7.La conquista del voto femenino: un camino que empezó antes de 1954.
- 8.La feminidad y el sufragismo colombiano durante el período 1944-1948. 2256-5647.
- 9.Las sufragistas en el Archivo Señal Memoria Señal Memoria.
- 10.UNA ORQUÍDEA PARA DOÑA BERTHA.
- 11.Bertha Hernández de Ospina, ex senadora colombiana. 1134-6582.
- 12.Luto en el periodismo económico del país.
- 13.¿Quién era Fernando Ospina?.
- 14.CLAVE 1938 TRAGEDIA SANTA ANA.
- 15.Misael Eduardo Pastrana Borrero Señal Memoria.
- 16.Revista Militar. Campo Santa Ana. 24 de julio de 1938. Foto 12.
- 17.LA SONRISA DEL PODER.
- 18.La Política Educativa Colombiana En El Gobierno De Misael Pastrana Borrero (1970-1974)*. 13.
- 19.::Presidencia de la República de Colombia::.
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