Carolina Correa Londoño

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Correa, the second or maternal family name is Londoño, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Rojas Pinilla.
Carolina Correa de Rojas
First Lady of Colombia
In role
13 June 1953 (1953-06-13) – 10 May 1957 (1957-05-10)
PresidentGustavo Rojas Pinilla
Preceded byMaría Hurtado de Gómez
Succeeded byBertha Puga Martínez
Personal details
Born
Carolina Correa Londoño

(1905-01-25)25 January 1905
Támesis, Antioquia, Colombia
Died15 July 1986(1986-07-15) (aged 81)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political partyNational Popular Alliance
Spouse
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(m. 1930; died 1975)​
Children

Carolina "Carola" Correa de Rojas Pinilla (born Carolina Correa Londoño; 25 January 1905 – 15 July 1986)[1] was the wife of the 19th President of Colombia, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1953 to 1957.[2]

On 25 May 1956 Correa, as First Lady of Colombia, was the first woman to be granted a Colombian identity card, the Colombian national identity document that extended citizenship to women and allowed them to participate in the political process.[3] Her cédula number was 20,000,001; her daughter María Eugenia was granted the next card, number 20,000,002.[3] Colombian women, including Correa and her daughter, were able to vote for the first time on 1 December 1957 during a national referendum.

Personal life

Carolina Correa Londoño was born on 25 January 1905 in Medellín, Antioquia[3] to Emilio Correa Correa and Emilia Londoño Jaramillo.[4] She married Gustavo Rojas Pinilla on 10 May 1930 at the Chapel of Saint Joseph of the Congregation of Christian Brothers in Medellín.[5][6] Gustavo and Carolina had three children: Gustavo Emilio, María Eugenia, and Carlos.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ágredo Tobar, Reinaldo (27 December 2006). "De España al Norte del Tolima: Familia Aristizábal Vargas". Notas Biográficas y Genealógicas (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 14. Retrieved 11 November 2012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (80). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic. ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Colombia, National Civil Registry (2004). "Cédula de ciudadanía para la mujer" (communiqué) (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 1. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  4. ^ Lasso Vega, María Angela (2005). Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (in Spanish). Bogotá: Copygrafica. p. 63. ISBN 978-958-33-7101-1. OCLC 255261496. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  5. ^ Morales Rivera, Antonio (9 November 1998). "Gustavo Rojas Pinilla". Semana (in Spanish) (858). Bogotá. ISSN 0124-5473. OCLC 7475329. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  6. ^ Serpa Erazo, Jorge (1999). Rojas Pinilla: Una Historia Del Siglo XX (in Spanish). Bogotá: Planeta. p. 67. ISBN 978-958-614-704-0. OCLC 254171537. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
Honorary titles
Preceded by First Lady of Colombia
1953–1957 		Succeeded by