Adela Edwards Salas
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| Born | 16 March 1874 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 11 November 1939 (aged 65) Santiago, Chile |
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| Relatives | Rafael Edwards Salas |
| Family | Edwards family |
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Adela Edwards Salas (16 March 1874 – 11 November 1939) was a Chilean teacher and philanthropist.
Biography
Edwards was born 16 March 1874 in Santiago to Eduardo Edwards Garriga and Javiera Salas Errázuriz. Edwards was the sister of Rafael Edwards Salas, and was a member of the Edwards family.
On 20 March 1907, Edwards founded the Santa Teresa Normal School (Spanish: Escuela Normal Santa Teresa) in Santiago.[1][2]
In 1912, Edwards co-founded the Chilean Ladies League with Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux.[3][4]
In 1918, Edwards founded The White Cross (Spanish: La Cruz Blanca) an organization which cared for abandoned girls.[5]
References
- ↑ "Escuelas Normales en Chile (1842–1974): Escuelas normales particulares". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "Escuela Normal Santa Teresa de Santiago". Archivo Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ Valenzuela, J. Samuel; Valenzuela, Erika Maza (2000). "The Politics of Religion in a Catholic Country: Republican Democracy, Cristianismo Social and the Conservative Party in Chile, 1850–1925". In Ivereigh, Austen (ed.). The Politics of Religion in an Age of Revival: Studies in Nineteenth-Century Europe and Latin America. London: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London. pp. 188–223. ISBN 978-1-900039-32-1. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "The Catholic Woman's Home Page: A Distinguished Chilean Family". The Canadian Register. Quebec, Canada. 6 June 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "Mujeres de Elite y Caridad (1864–1930): Regeneración moral de niñas desamparadas". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 7 April 2026.