Graciela Mandujano (1902–1984) was a Chilean politician and feminist. She was the Chilean official delegate to the

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(1922).

Biography

A graduate from a pedagogical course in the University of Santiago, she was sent by the Chilean government to visit the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in

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, and was the Chilean official delegate to the

in Baltimore, organized by the

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. Mandujano continued her studies at

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and lived in Varick House Settlement, and was the editor of the ''Pan-American Magazine'' in

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. A suffragist, in 1922, Mandujano worked with other women to organize the Partido Civico Femenino (Women's Civic Party), which, among its goals, sought the woman's right to vote. She was a co-founder of the Unión Femenina de Chile (Women's Union of Chile) with Aurora Argomedo on 26 October 1927. She later served as secretary-general of

Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile Pro-Emancipation Movement of Chilean Women ( es, italic=no, Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile) (often known as MEMCh or MEMCH) was both a historic women's rights organization, which pressed for equality between 1935 and 1953 and a ...

, which she co-founded on 11 May 1935 together with

Elena Caffarena Elena Caffarena Morice (; March 23, 1903 - July 19, 2003) was a Chilean lawyer, jurist and politician. Contemporary historians and humanists consider her to be one of the most important 20th-century public figures in Chile. Biography Elena Caffa ...

, Susana Depassier, Flora Heredia, Herta Hoschhauser, Angelina Matte,

Aída Parada Aída Parada Hernández (October 1903 – 16 October 1983) was a Chilean educator, feminist, founding member of Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile (Pro-Emancipation Movement of Chilean Women) and the first Chilean delegate to the ...

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, María Ramírez, María Rivera Urquieta, Eulogia Román, Domitila Ulloa, Felisa Vergara,

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and

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. Aurora Argomedo, Delia Ducoing, Adela Edwards de Salas, Elvira Roga, and Elcira Rojas were also contemporaries. She was a member of the directive board of the Femeninas Federacion Chilena de Instituciones Femeninas. In the role of government adviser of Chile, Mandujano attended the

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's 1941 International Labour Conference at

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mandujano, Graciela 1902 births 1984 deaths Chilean feminists Chilean women's rights activists Chilean politicians University of Santiago, Chile alumni Magazine editors Chilean suffragists 20th-century Chilean politicians 20th-century Chilean women politicians