Bertha Hernández de Ospina (

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Hernández Fernández; 17 April 1907 – 11 September 1993) was a Colombian politician, writer, columnist, and civil leader for women's rights. She served as

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from 1946 to 1950 as the wife of President

Mariano Ospina Pérez Luis Mariano Ospina Pérez (24 November 1891 – 14 April 1976), commonly known as Mariano Ospina Pérez, was a Colombian politician and a member of the Colombian Conservative Party. He served as the List of Presidents of Colombia, 17th Pr ...

and later as

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from 1970 to 1974. Hernández de Ospina is the second most influential first lady in Colombian political life after Soledad Román de Núñez (wife of Rafael Núñez). Bertha was also one of the members of the Colombian suffrage movement founded in 1954, alongside prominent figures like Josefina Valencia (First woman Minister of Colombia) and Esmeralda Arboleda (First woman congresswoman of Colombia).

Personal life

Bertha Hernández Fernández was born on 17 April 1907 in

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, to Antonio María Hernández Suárez and Mercedes Fernández Echavarría. She married

on 18 July 1926 at the Christian Brothers Chapel in Medellín. Together, they had five children: Mariano, Rodrigo, Fernando, Gonzalo, and María Clara.

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