Petrona Rosende (1797–1863) was the first female journalist in Argentina. She was born in

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, Uruguay, but during Montevideo's occupation by Brazil she moved to Buenos Aires. She edited the feminist Buenos Aires periodical ''La Aljaba'' (which ran from 1830 to 1831). Its motto was "We will be free of men's injustice only when we no longer live among them." All of its 18 issues are now held at the Museo Mitre. In 1835 she went back to Montevideo. On June 20 of that year she published a patriotic sonnet titled ''Al arribo de mi patria'' in the newspaper ''El Nacional''. That year she also opened the Casa de la Educación para Señoritas. In 1861 she was granted a state pension for her services to Uruguay. On March 8, 2011, Uruguay issued a stamp with her picture on it as part of its Bicentennial Women Series.

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