Sofía Eastman Explained

Sofía Eastman
Birth Name:	Sofía Eastman Cox
Birth Date:	27 January 1873
Birth Place:	Valparaíso, Chile
Death Place:	Valparaíso, Chile
Nationality:	Chilean
Other Names:	Sofía Eastman de Huneeus
Occupation:	Writer
Spouse:	Roberto Huneeus Gana
Children:	Roberto, Aníbal, Pedro, Tomás^[1]

Sofía Eastman Cox (27 January 1873 – 26 August 1944), also known as Sofía Eastman de Huneeus, was a Chilean feminist writer and socialite.^{[2] [3]} In 1915, she was a founder and president of the Ladies' Reading Circle,^{[4] [5]} one of the first women's groups in Chile, dedicated "to promote and cultivate letters and the arts from the point of view of reception and production, and to improve the quality of education received by women."^[6] She also held the presidency of the from 1918 to 1921, an institution of which she was also one of the main benefactors and managers.^{[7] [8]}

Eastman wrote mainly in newspapers and magazines in the early 20th century, and her poems appeared in several anthologies, including Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux. For some authors, her work can be framed within so-called "aristocratic feminism", along with other writers such as Inés Echeverría Bello, María Mercedes Vial, Teresa Wilms Montt, Mariana Cox Méndez, and Luisa Lynch.^{[9] [10]}

Works

• Memoria de la Cruz Roja de Mujeres de Chile (1922)

Anthologies

• Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux (1946)

Notes and References

1. Book: Fernández de Naveillán, Silvia . La familia Zegers de Chile . The Zegers Family of Chile . 51 . Spanish . 1981 . 2 October 2017 . Google Books.
2. Book: Vicuña Urrutía, Manuel . La belle époque chilena: alta sociedad y mujeres de élite en el cambio de siglo . The Chilean Belle Epoque: High Society and Elite Women at the Turn of the Century . Editorial Sudamericana . 9789562621397 . Santiago . Spanish . 2001.
3. Book: Klimpel Alvarado, Felícitas . La Mujer Chilena: El Aporte Femenino Al Progreso de Chile, 1910–1960 . The Chilean Woman: The Female Contribution to the Progress of Chile, 1910–1960 . Andrés Bello . Spanish . 1962.
4. Book: Portales, Felipe . Los Mitos de La Democracia Chilena . The Myths of Chilean Democracy . Libreria Catalonia . 9789568303105 . Spanish . 374 . 2004.
5. Book: Zanelli López, Luisa . Mujeres chilenas de letras, Volumen 1 . Chilean Women of Letters, Volume 1 . Imprenta Universitaria . Spanish . 1917.
6. Desde los salones a la sala de conferencias: mujeres escritoras en el proceso de constitución del campo literario en Chile . From the Salons to the Conference Room: Women Writers in the Process of Constitution of the Literary Field in Chile . Doll Castillo . Darcia . Revista Chilena de Literatura . 71 . 83–100 . 0718-2295 . 10.4067/S0718-22952007000200005 . Spanish . November 2007 . 3 October 2017. free .
7. Book: Zenteno, Esmeralda . Chile . 11 . Spanish . 1922 . 3 October 2017 . Google Books.
8. Book: Guerín de Elgueta, Sara . Actividades femeninas en Chile: obra publicada con motivo del cincuentenario del decreto que concedió a la mujer chilena el derecho de validar sus exámenes secundarios: datos hasta diciembre de 1927 . Women's Activities in Chile: Work Published on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Decree That Granted Chilean Women the Right to Validate Her Secondary Examinations: Data Until December 2017 . La Ilustración . 476 . Spanish . 1928 . 3 October 2017 . Google Books.
9. El feminismo aristocrático: la violencia simbólica y ruptura soterrada a comienzos del siglo XX . Aristocratic Feminism: Symbolic Violence and Buried Rupture at the Beginning of the 20th Century . Revista de historia social y de las mentalidades . Poblete Alday . Patricia . Rivera Aravena . Carla . 1 . 7 . . 57–79 . Spanish . Spring 2003 . 28 September 2017.
10. Book: Subercaseaux, Bernardo . Historia de Las Ideas y la Cultura en Chile, tomo III. El centenario y las vanguardias . History of Ideas and Culture in Chile, Volume III. The Centenary and the Avant-Garde . Editorial Universitaria . 9789561117075 . Spanish . 98 . 1997 . 28 September 2017 . Google Books.