Olga Maturana Explained
Olga Maturana Espinosa (October 10, 1906 – July 16, 1973)[1] was a Chilean politician born in Santiago. Maturana worked as Councillor of Pichilemu in 1950, and became the first female Mayor of Pichilemu in 1951.[2] [3]
Biography
Maturana was born on October 10, 1906, in Santiago, Chile.[1] Her parents were Arturo Maturana Zúñiga and Emma Espinosa Pedrada.
Maturana married in 1926 Felipe Iturriaga Esquivel in Santiago when he was 20.[4] Maturana and Iturriaga moved to Pichilemu in 1932. Iturriaga was elected Mayor for three terms (1932 - 1935; 1941 - 1944; and 1956 - 1959),[1] [5] and Maturana was elected Councillor of Pichilemu in 1950,[6] along with Carlos Echazarreta Larraín, Ricardo Ayala and Armando Caroca Rojas. Sergio Morales Retamal was elected Mayor, but he left the office in 1951.[5]
Olga Maturana succeeded Sergio Morales on May 28, 1951, and became the first female Mayor of Pichilemu, as an independent.[5] [6] Her term ended on May 17, 1953.[5] [7]
Maturana had five children with her husband Felipe Iturriaga.[1] [3]
Maturana died on July 16, 1973, in Pichilemu, Chile at 66.[1]
Influence
As of 2008, only two women had occupied political offices in Pichilemu: Alicia López Galarce (Councillor from 1953 until 1956) and Olga Maturana.[8]
In 2008, 12 women enrolled to the municipal election. Only three of them were eventually elected as councillors: Marta Urzúa, Andrea Aranda and Viviana Parraguez.[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: Familia Iturriaga . genealog.cl . 18 August 2010 . es. https://web.archive.org/web/20130425111622/http://www.genealog.cl/Chile/I/Iturriaga/. 25 April 2013. live.
- Web site: Nunca es tarde para reiterar nuestras disculpas . . Washington Saldías . Washington Saldías González . es . 6 February 2005 . 18 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20131015091125/http://pichilemunews.blogcindario.com/2005/02/00051-nunca-es-tarde-para-reiterar-nuestras-disculpas.html. 15 October 2013. live.
- Book: Julio Retamal Favereau, Carlos Celis Atria, José Miguel de la Cerda Merino, Carlos Ruiz Rodíguez, and Francisco José Urzúa Prieto. Familias Fundadoras de Chile, 1656-1700. El conjunto final. Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago, Chile. 2003.
- Web site: Monografía de la Casa Genealógica de los Yturriaga de Chile y sus Ramas Colaterales . Enrique Molina Canales . genealog.cl . es . 2004 . 18 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120716061100/http://www.genealog.cl/Chile/I/Iturriaga/1GenealogiaCasadeYTURRIAGA-GenealogiaTroncal.pdf. 16 July 2012. live.
- Web site: Alcaldes, regidores y concejales de la comuna de Pichilemu . . Washington Saldías . Washington Saldías González . es . 2 August 2007 . 18 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120301124852/http://pichilemunews.blogcindario.com/2007/08/01679-alcaldes-regidores-y-concejales-de-la-comuna-de-pichilemu.html . 1 March 2012 . dead .
- Book: La mujer chilena . Felícitas Klimpel Alvarado . Editorial Andrés Bello . 1962 . es . 18 August 2010.
- Book: Retamal Favereau, Julio. Familias fundadoras de Chile, 1656-1700: el conjunto final. 341. Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile. 2003. su hermano Felipe Iturriaga Esquivel fue alcalde, 1932-1935, 1941-1944 y 1956-1959, de Pichilemu, una de cuyas calles lleva su nombre, y Olga Maturana Espinoza, esposa de éste, fue también ahí elegida regidora, 1950, y alcaldesa, 1951-1953.
- Web site: Candidatas mujeres en Pichilemu alcanzan a 12 féminas con deseos de integrar el Concejo Municipal . Washington Saldías . Washington Saldías González . . 3 August 2008 . es . 18 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301125059/http://pichilemunews.blogcindario.com/2008/08/02432-candidatas-mujeres-en-pichilemu-alcanzan-a-12-feminas-con-deseos-de-integrar-el-concejo-municipal.html. 1 March 2012. live.
- Web site: SISTEMA DE DESPLIEGUE DE COMPUTOS - MINISTERIO DEL INTERIOR . elecciones.gob.cl . 28 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301080406/http://www.elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/2008/concejales/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm. 1 March 2012. dead.
