Carolina "Carola" Correa de Rojas Pinilla (born Carolina Correa Londoño; 25 January 1905 – 15 July 1986)[1] was the wife of the 19th President of Colombia, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1953 to 1957.[2]
Carolina Correa de Rojas | |
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| First Lady of Colombia | |
| In role 13 June 1953 – 10 May 1957 | |
| President | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla |
| Preceded by | María Hurtado de Gómez |
| Succeeded by | Bertha Puga Martínez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carolina Correa Londoño 25 January 1905 Támesis, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Died | 15 July 1986 (aged 81) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Political party | National Popular Alliance |
| Spouse | |
| Children |
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On 25 May 1956 Correa, as First Lady of Colombia, was the first woman to be granted a Colombian identity card, the Colombian national identity document that extended citizenship to women and allowed them to participate in the political process.[3] Her cédula number was 20,000,001; her daughter María Eugenia was granted the next card, number 20,000,002.[3] Colombian women, including Correa and her daughter, were able to vote for the first time on 1 December 1957 during a national referendum.
Personal life
editCarolina Correa Londoño was born on 25 January 1905 in Medellín, Antioquia[3] to Emilio Correa Correa and Emilia Londoño Jaramillo.[4] She married Gustavo Rojas Pinilla on 10 May 1930 at the Chapel of Saint Joseph of the Congregation of Christian Brothers in Medellín.[5][6] Gustavo and Carolina had three children: Gustavo Emilio, María Eugenia, and Carlos.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ágredo Tobar, Reinaldo (27 December 2006). "De España al Norte del Tolima: Familia Aristizábal Vargas". Notas Biográficas y Genealógicas (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 14. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (80). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic. ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ a b c Colombia, National Civil Registry (2004). "Cédula de ciudadanía para la mujer" (communiqué) (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 1. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ^ Lasso Vega, María Angela (2005). Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (in Spanish). Bogotá: Copygrafica. p. 63. ISBN 978-958-33-7101-1. OCLC 255261496. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ^ Morales Rivera, Antonio (9 November 1998). "Gustavo Rojas Pinilla". Semana (in Spanish) (858). Bogotá. ISSN 0124-5473. OCLC 7475329. Retrieved 11 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Serpa Erazo, Jorge (1999). Rojas Pinilla: Una Historia Del Siglo XX (in Spanish). Bogotá: Planeta. p. 67. ISBN 978-958-614-704-0. OCLC 254171537. Retrieved 11 November 2012.