Bertha Hernández Fernández

The Most Excellent
Bertha Hernández Fernández
Senator of Colombia
In office
20 July 1970 (1970-07-20) – 20 July 1974 (1974-07-20)
First Lady of Colombia
In office
7 August 1946 (1946-08-07) – 7 August 1950 (1950-08-07)
Preceded by Bertha Puga Martínez
Succeeded by María Hurtado Cajiao
Personal details
Born (1907-04-17)17 April 1907
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Died 11 September 1993(1993-09-11) (aged 86)
Fusagasugá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Mariano Ospina Pérez (1946–1976)
Children
  • Mariano Ospina Hernández
  • Rodrigo Ospina Hernández
  • Femando Ospina Hernández
  • Gonzalo Ospina Hernández
  • María Clara Ospina Hernández
Religion Roman Catholic
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Bertha Hernández Fernández (17 April 1907–11 September 1993)[1] was the wife of the 17th President of Colombia, Mariano Ospina Pérez, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1946 to 1950.[2] A Conservative party politician, she was elected Senator of Colombia in 1970 and served until 1974.

A leader of the women's suffrage movement in Colombia, she was Chair of the National Feminist Organization of Colombia, a feminist, suffragist organization that aimed to bring together Colombian women regardless of political ideology or socio-economic status to lobby and work towards political recognition, inclusion, and participation for women. Founded in 1954 by Josefina Valencia Muñoz and Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, she served as its first Chair with María Currea Manrique as her Deputy.[3]

Personal life

Bertha was born on 17 April 1907 in Medellín, Antioquia to Antonio María Hernández Suárez and Mercedes Fernández Echavarría. She married Mariano Ospina Pérez on 18 July 1926 at the Christian Brothers Chapel in Medellíin.[4] Mariano and Bertha had five children: Mariano, Rodrigo, Fernando, Gonzalo, and María Clara.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bertha Hernández de Ospina, ex senadora colombiana" [Bertha Hernández de Ospina, former Colombian senator]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid: 0211-9366. 15 September 1993. ISSN 0211-9366. OCLC 12670792. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic (80). ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Colombia, National Directorate for Women´s Equity (1998). 40 años del voto de la mujer en Colombia (in Spanish). Bogotá. ISBN 9789589612361.
  4. ↑ Ospina Hernández, María Clara (1998). Doña Bertha (in Spanish). Bogotá: Planeta Colombiana Ed. p. 53. ISBN 9789586146821. OCLC 253303869.


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