Luisa Lynch

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
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist
Spouses
ChildrenNicolasa, Carlos [es], Ximena, Carmen, Paz, Wanda

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 [es], 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)

Part of her literary output is known to be unpublished or scattered in newspapers and magazines – as is also the case with other feminist writers such as María Luisa Fernández, Sara Hübner de Fresno, and her own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]

  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). 45. Chilean Institute of Genealogical Research: 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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). 1 (7). University of Santiago, Chile: 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.