Agustina Ortiz de Rozas

Agustina Ortiz de Rozas (1826-1898[1]) was an Argentine philanthropist and political figure, president of the Sociedad de Beneficencia.[2] She was the youngest sister of the general Juan Manuel de Rosas and was born in Buenos Aires. Ortiz married Lucio Norberto Mansilla at 15 years of age and had the five children: Lucio Victorio Mansilla, Eduarda, Lucio Norberto, Agustina and Carlos. She was renowned as one of the most beautiful women of her time according to many of her contemporaries.[3][4] She played some role in Argentina's founding.[5]

Portrait of Agustina Ortiz de Rozas

References
  1. (in Spanish)La Gazeta Federal profile
  2. Suriano, Juan (2010-12-31). La temprana cuestión social: La ciudad de Buenos Aires durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX (in Spanish). Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. ISBN 9788400092696.
  3. Daniel Balmaceda (1 May 2012). Romances turbulentos de la historia argentina (Edición Actualizada). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina. p. 111. ISBN 978-950-07-3886-6.
  4. María Rosa Lojo (1 April 2011). Una mujer de fin de siglo. Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina. p. 6. ISBN 978-987-566-691-7.
  5. Alluvial (Re)inscriptions of the Gaucho in Argentine Literature by Ryan Hallows
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