Esther Festini

Esther Festini

Esther Festini was a Peruvian educator. She was the first woman that went to the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and the first one that received a Doctor of Letters.[1][2]

Her effort to study education at the university was aimed at the official recognition of the Liceo Grau, a school of which she was the founder and director.[3][4] She went to the UNMSM in 1898; three years later, in 1901, she graduated from high school . In 1904 she obtained the degree of Doctor from the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters thanks to her thesis, Cuestiones relativas a la educación femenina [Questions relating to female education] where she proposed a new model of public education and the need to implement schools for girls.[1][5]

Upon completing 50 years of teaching activity, she was honored with a plaque in the honor yard of the Miguel Grau National School.[6]

A street in the Lima's Magdalena del Mar District bears her name (Esther Festini de Ramos St.),[7] as well as an educational institution in the Comas District and a secondary school in the San Martín de Porres District, both in the Peruvian capital.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. "Esther Festini". www.unmsm.edu.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  2. ^ Agurto, Ego (2019-05-11). "UNMSM | San Marcos distinguirá a Zoraida Ávalos, Úrsula Letona y otros exalumnos en su 468 aniversario". RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. ^ Gonzales Obando, Diana (3 March 2019). "Mujeres: Creadoras de historia | ELDOMINICAL". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Día de la Mujer: Conoce a la primera mujer peruana en ingresar a la Universidad | CULTURA". Diario Correo (in Spanish). 7 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  5. ^ Festini, Esther (1904). "Cuestiones relativas a la educación femenina". Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Biblioteca Digital BNP - Homenaje a la educadora peruana Esther Festini de Ramos Ocampo" (vídeo). YouTube. c. 1940. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  7. ^ Perú21 (18 March 2019). "Familia denuncia que menor con habilidades especiales fue arrojada de silla de ruedas en colegio [VIDEO] | LIMA". peru21.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Alumnas se intoxicaron en el primer día de clases en el colegio Esther Festini de Comas". América Noticias (in Spanish). 4 March 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  9. ^ Contreras, Giuliana (2013-03-14). "SMP: Alumnas y padres de familia piden destitución de directora". RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 March 2021.