Irene de Peyré

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Irene de Peyré or Irene Oliveros de Peyré (October 20, 1873 in Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala – June 28, 1968 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) was a Guatemalan educator and feminist. She attended the teacher's training school, Instituto Normal Central para Señoritas Belén[1] In 1920, she established [2] to preserve the culture of French Guatemalans and in 1921, in order promote learning she established the .[3]

In 1930, she was Guatemala's delegate to the Inter-American Commission of Women,[4] which at that time was involved in the preparation of a massive volume evaluating the effects of marriage on women's citizenship.[5] In 1944, she joined with a group of women including Angelina Acuña de Castañeda, , Elisa Hall de Asturias, Mina de Padilla, , and Graciela Quan to form the Unión Femenina Guatemalteca Pro-ciudadanía (Union of Guatemalan Women for Citizenship) favoring recognition of their civil rights, including suffrage for literate women. After the Guatemalan 1944 coup d'état the new Constitution, promulgated on 1 March 1945 granted the right to vote to all literate citizens, including women.[6]

In 1951, when the Jesuits were unable to begin a school due to the government's anti-parochial school policy, Oliveros de Peyré, brought them under the umbrella of the French school for their mutual benefit—the Jesuits were able to secure a school and Oliveros de Peyré was able to secure a boys' section. The school opened in 1952 as Liceo Francés Sección de Varones and by the mid-1950s had changed its name to Liceo Javier.[7]

Awards[]

In 1958, she was awarded the Order of the Quetzal for her service to the country.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Escobar, José Luis (2 September 2012). "Nostalgia por los años dorados en las aulas". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Revista D, No. 423. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Alianza Francesa". Wikiguate (in Spanish). University Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, Guatemala: Wikiguate. 27 February 2015.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "90 aniversario del Liceo Francés - Cambio de la Rosa". Embajada de Francia en Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Embajada de Francia en Guatemala. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. ^ Seminar on Feminism and Culture in Latin America (1990). Women, culture, and politics in Latin America. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-520-90907-6. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. ^ "The World's First Treaty of Equality for Women - Montevideo, Uruguay, 1933". Organización de los Estados Americanos. Inter-American Commission of Women. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  6. ^ Rodríguez de Ita, Guadalupe (March 2001). "Participación Política de las Mujeres en la Primavera Democrática Guatemalteca (1944-1954)". Participación política, persecución y exilio femenino al sur de la frontera mexicana (En la segunda mitad del siglo XX) (in Spanish). San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica. Chapter 8. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  7. ^ Avendaño, Nancy (2002). "El Javier: Formador de líderes nacionales" (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Prensa Libre. Archived from the original on 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Orden del Quetzal". Enciclopedia Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Enciclopedia Guatemala. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
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