Elvira García y García (1862-1951) was a

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

vian

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and

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. She founded the pioneer girls' school ''Liceo Peruano'' (1883) the leading feminist publication ''Liceo Fanning'' (1894-1914), and is regarded as a pioneer in

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in Peru. She was the daughter of Aurelio Garcia y Garcia, Rear-Admiral of the

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who was considered one of the "four aces" of Peru's incipient navy (along with

Miguel Grau Miguel María Grau Seminario (27 July 1834 – 8 October 1879) was a Peruvian Navy officer and politician best known for his actions during the War of the Pacific. He was nicknamed "Gentleman of the Seas" for his kind and chivalrous treatment ...

and

Lizardo Montero Flores Juan Lizardo Montero Flores (May 27, 1832 – February 2, 1905) was a Peruvian military officer and politician who held the provisional Presidency of Peru from 1881 to 1883, replacing President Francisco García Calderón, during the Chilean o ...

Notable students

Rebeca Carrión Cachot Rebeca Carrión Cachot (18 December 1907 – 6 April 1960) was a Peruvian archaeologist, historian and teacher, who had studied under Julio César Tello. She contributed significantly to the scientific research of various pre-Columbian culture ...

, archaeologist

References

* Basadre, Jorge: History of the Republic of Peru. 1822 - 1933, Eighth Edition, corrected and augmented. Volume 9, p. 2166; volume 14, p. 3389. Edited by the "La República" newspaper of Lima and the "Ricardo Palma" University. Printed in Santiago, Chile, 1998 1862 births 1951 deaths 19th-century Peruvian people Peruvian feminists Peruvian women activists Heads of schools in Peru 19th-century Peruvian women Peruvian suffragists Peruvian women journalists {{womensrights-activist-stub