Juana Roldán
Juana Roldán | |
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| Born | Juana Roldán Escobar 1851 Santiago, Chile |
| Spouse |
Jenaro Alarcón Fardo
(m. 1879) |
| Children | 1 |
Juana Roldán de Alarcón (née Roldán Escobar; born 1851 – fl. 1916) was a Chilean workers' and women's rights activist, known for founding the Society for the Protection of Women.[1][2][3]
Biography
Roldán was born Juana Roldán Escobar in 1851 in Santiago to José Dolores Roldán and Dominga Escobar.[1] Roldán grew up in a working class family.[1][2]
On 23 September 1883, Roldán began working at the José Miguel Infante Philharmonic and became known for defending workers rights.[1][2] Inspired by the 1887 establishment of the Women Workers' Mutual Aid Society in Valparaíso, Roldán founded a Mutual aid society in Santiago the following year.[1][2] Originally established as Society for the Emancipation of Women, the name was quickly changed to the Society for the Protection of Women following outrage amongst working-class women over the use of "Emancipation" within the group's title.[1][2] Roldán served as the societies inaugural president.[1][2] Valeria Alejandra Olivares-Olivares contends that this outrage was indicative of the resistance to women's emancipation which existed within Chilean women's associations during the late 19th century.[2]
Roldán also contributed to La Alborada, a newspaper for working-class women which circulated from 1905 to 1907.[3]
Personal life
In 1879, Roldán married Jenaro Alarcón Fardo (born 1857), a worker's right activist and founder of the Democrat Party.[4] Roldán and Alarcón had at least one child.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 López Gutiérrez, Osvaldo (1912). "'Juana Roldán de Alarcón". Diccionario Biográfico Obrero de Chile (in Spanish). Santiago. pp. 1R–3R. Retrieved 1 July 2026 – via Biblioteca Nacional Digital de Chile.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Olivares-Olivares, Valeria Alejandra (2022). "En defensa de las trabajadoras. Católicas y obreras organizadas en Chile desde fines del siglo XIX hasta 1930" [In defense of the workers. Catholic women and workers organized in Chile from the late 19th century to 1930]. Izquierdas (in Spanish). 51. Santiago. doi:10.4067/S0718-50492022000100207. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
- 1 2 "La Alborada (1905–1907)" [The Dawn (1905–1907)]. Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Santiago: Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
- ↑ López Gutiérrez, Osvaldo (1912). "Jenaro Alarcón Fardo". Diccionario Biográfico Obrero de Chile (in Spanish). Santiago. pp. 30A–32A. Retrieved 1 July 2026 – via Biblioteca Nacional Digital de Chile.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "No.896 Alarcón Roldán, Juana". Chile, Civil Registration, 1885–1903 [database Online]; Santiago; Moneda; Nacimientos 1890. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1890.