Francisca Emilia "Fanny" Carrió Sierra (born 3 December 1879; date of death unknown) was an active

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an liberal feminist.

Life and career

The daughter of Emilia Sierra and Vicente Carrió García, Fanny Carrió married Félix Polleri Burgueño on 9 May 1907. The couple had six children, among them artist

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. Both Carrió and her husband were members of the Colorado Party, in the Riverista sector. She was secretary general of the National Women's Council of Uruguay (CONAMU), the Uruguayan branch of the

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. On her initiative, said council presented to the Chamber of Representatives a bill that recognized the right of women to vote and run in municipal and national elections. In 1919, Paulina Luisi organized the Uruguayan Women's Alliance for Women's Suffrage. In the Statutory General Assembly corresponding to Fiscal Year 1919–1920, held on 3 December 1920, Carrió was named president of the organization's Suffrage Commission. Later she would be its president, working tirelessly with Luisi for

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in Uruguay. In parallel, she was also the president of the Press Commission of CONAMU. She wrote a weekly column titled "Para nosotras" in the Montevideo newspaper ''

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'', directed by her husband. She used the pseudonym Fafhm, formed by the initials of her five children at the time. In a report of the Press Commission presented to CONAMU, Carrió explained: According to Christine Ehrick, in her articles, "her discourse centered on two main points: women's vote as part of the process of historical evolution, and defending feminism against charges of being anti-male or anti-family." Also, through her column, she actively participated in the campaign of the National Alliance of Women so that women could occupy government positions related to social assistance and education. The place and date of Carrió's death are unknown.

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