Poblete is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. As of 2004 it has a population of 919.
Pascual H. Poblete was a Filipino writer and feminist, remarkably noted as the first translator of Dr. José Rizal's novel Noli Me Tangere into the Tagalog language.
Juan Poblete is Professor of Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Poblete began his career as a UCSC Assistant Professor in 1997. He is also the provost of Kresge College at UCSC and a Governing Board Member of the Latino Literary Cultures Project/Proyecto Culturas Literarias Latinas.
Elizabeth Francesca Poblete Fernández is a Chilean weightlifter. Poblete represented Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's heavyweight category (75 kg). Poblete placed twelfth in this event, as she successfully lifted 91 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 106 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 197 kg.
Becerra is a Spanish surname that means heifer. Notable people with the surname include:
Olga Poblete de Espinosa was a long-time women's rights activist and feminist in Chile. She was a recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize in 1962. Poblete and Elena Caffarena were later honored as "founding matriarchs" by the Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile of '83 or MEMCH '83. This relates to them being important members of the original MEMCH that existed in the 1940s. Along with women's rights, she was concerned with individual development and welfare issues.
Hanisch is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Zamudio is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The following lists events that happened during 1873 in Chile.
Parque de la Familia is a public park located in the commune of Quinta Normal in Santiago, Chile. It is part of the "Santiago integrated park system" that also included Parque Forestal and Parque de Los Reyes.
Graciela Mandujano was a Chilean politician and feminist. A graduate from a pedagogical course in the University of Santiago, she was sent by the Chilean government to visit the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, and was the Chilean official delegate to the Pan-American Conference of Women in Baltimore, organized by the National League of Women Voters. Mandujano continued her studies at Columbia University and lived in Varick House Settlement, and was the editor of the Pan-American Magazine in New York City. A suffragist, in 1922, Mandujano worked with other women to organize the Partido Civico Femenino, which, among its goals, sought the woman's right to vote. She was a co-founder of the Unión Femenina de Chile with Aurora Argomedo on 26 October 1927. She later served as secretary-general of Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile, which she co-founded on 11 May 1935 together with Elena Caffarena, Susana Depassier, Flora Heredia, Herta Hoschhauser, Angelina Matte, Aída Parada, Olga Poblete, María Ramírez, María Rivera Urquieta, Eulogia Román, Domitila Ulloa, Felisa Vergara, Marta Vergara and Clara Williams. Aurora Argomedo, Delia Ducoing, Adela Edwards de Salas, Elvira Roga, and Elcira Rojas were also contemporaries. She was a member of the directive board of the Femeninas Federacion Chilena de Instituciones Femeninas. In the role of government adviser of Chile, Mandujano attended the ILO's 1941 International Labour Conference at Columbia University.
María Rivera Urquieta (1894) was a Chilean professor and feminist. She was one of the founding members of the Pro-Emancipation Movement of Chilean Women. She was a lecturer for the Chilean Federation of Feminine Institutions and led one of the conference meetings at the Primer Congreso Interamericano de Mujeres held in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1947.
Aída Parada Hernández was a Chilean educator, feminist, founding member of Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile (MEMCH) and the first Chilean delegate to the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM).
Gerónimo Gastón Poblete is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for San Lorenzo, on loan from Metz.
Israel Elías Poblete Zúñiga is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cobresal of the Chilean Primera División.
María Luisa Fernández Bascuñán (1870–1938), also known as María Luisa Fernández de García Huidobro and by the literary pseudonym Monna Lissa, was a Chilean feminist writer, editor, and poet. She was the mother of poet Vicente Huidobro (1893–1948).
María Mercedes Vial Solar (1863–1942), also known as María Mercedes Vial de Ugarte or by her literary pseudonym Serafia, was a Chilean feminist writer and novelist.
Luisa Lynch del Solar (1864–1937), also known as Luisa Lynch de Morla from her first marriage and Luisa Lynch de Gormaz from her second, was a Chilean feminist writer, journalist, and socialite. She was the mother of diplomat Carlos Morla Lynch, and the writers Ximena and Carmen Morla Lynch. In addition, she is the subject of the 1888 sculpture Madame Morla Vicuña by Auguste Rodin, which can now be found at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
Sofía Sara Hübner Bezanilla, also known as Sara Hübner de Fresno and by her literary pseudonym Magda Sudermann, was a Chilean feminist writer, journalist, and editor.
Corvalán is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
