Luisa Lynch

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.[3] 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.[4]

Bust of Luisa Lynch by Auguste Rodin (1888)
Luisa Lynch
Lynch (seated left) with her children, 1904
Born
Luisa Lynch del Solar

1864 (1864)
Chile
Died1937 (aged 72–73)
Chile
Other names
  • Luisa Lynch de Morla
  • Luisa Lynch de Gormaz
OccupationWriter, journalist
Spouse(s)
  • Carlos Morla Vicuña[1]
  • Eduardo Gormaz Araoz[2]
ChildrenNicolasa, Carlos, Ximena, Carmen, Paz, Wanda

Part of her literary output is known to be unpublished or scattered in newspapers and magazines – as is also the case with other feminist writers such as María Luisa Fernández, Sara Hübner de Fresno, and her own daughters.[5] Her literary work is considered to be part of the early 20th century avant-garde that sought to massify feminist thinking and fight for women's rights.[6][7] In this context, she participated in various women's organizations[8] and institutions dedicated to art.[9]

For some authors, her work can be framed within so-called "aristocratic feminism", along with other writers such as Elvira Santa Cruz Ossa, Inés Echeverría Bello, María Mercedes Vial, Teresa Wilms Montt, Mariana Cox Méndez, and Sofía Eastman.[6][7]

References
  1. de La Goublaye, Yves; Schuler Dauvin, Santiago (2004). "Descendencia del general de la Real Armada española don Pedro Pérez de la Quintana en Chile, Perú y Bolivia (1600–2004)" [Descent of the General of the Royal Spanish Armada Don Pedro Pérez de la Quintana in Chile, Peru and Bolivia (1600–2004)]. Revista de estudios históricos (in Spanish). Chilean Institute of Genealogical Research. 45: 19–118.
  2. de la Cuadra Gormaz, Guillermo (1982). Familias chilenas: (origen y desarrollo de las familias chilenas) [Chilean Families: (Origin and Growth of Chilean Families)] (in Spanish). Santiago: Editorial Zamorano y Caperán. p. 584. Retrieved 29 September 2017 – via Google Books.
  3. Subercaseaux, Pilar (January 1, 1999). Las Morla: huellas sobre la arena [The Morlas: Footprints on the Sand] (in Spanish). Aguilar. p. 144. ISBN 9789562390743.
  4. "Luisa Lynch de Morla". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 18 September 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  5. Subercaseaux, Bernardo (1 January 1997). Genealogía de la vanguardia en Chile [Genealogy of the Avant-Garde in Chile] (in Spanish). University of Chile Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities. p. 57.
  6. Subercaseaux, Bernardo (1997). Historia de Las Ideas y la Cultura en Chile, tomo III. El centenario y las vanguardias [History of Ideas and Culture in Chile, Volume III. The Centenary and the Avant-Garde] (in Spanish). Editorial Universitaria. pp. 85–88. ISBN 9789561117075. Retrieved 28 September 2017 – via Google Books.
  7. Poblete Alday, Patricia; Rivera Aravena, Carla (Spring 2003). "El feminismo aristocrático: la violencia simbólica y ruptura soterrada a comienzos del siglo XX" [Aristocratic Feminism: Symbolic Violence and Buried Rupture at the Beginning of the 20th Century]. Revista de historia social y de las mentalidades (in Spanish). University of Santiago, Chile. 1 (7): 57–79. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  8. Klimpel Alvarado, Felícitas (1962). La Mujer Chilena: El Aporte Femenino Al Progreso de Chile, 1910–1960 [The Chilean Woman: The Female Contribution to the Progress of Chile, 1910–1960] (in Spanish). Andrés Bello.
  9. Claro, Samuel (1993). Rosita Renard, pianista chilena [Rosa Renard, Chilean Pianist] (in Spanish). Andrés Bello. pp. 131–133. ISBN 9789561311091. Retrieved 29 September 2017 – via Google Books.
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