Matilde Throup

Matilde Throup
Born
Matilde Throup Sepúlveda

(1876-08-18)18 August 1876
Angol, Chile
Died1922 (aged 46)
Alma materUniversity of Chile
OccupationAttorney

Matilde Throup Sepúlveda (18 August 1876 – 1922) was the first Chilean woman to receive the title of attorney, and the third to obtain a professional title after the institution of the Decreto Amunátegui [es] of 1877 which allowed women to be admitted to universities.[1]

  1. ^ "Matilde Throup". Algunas, otras [Some Others] (PDF) (in Spanish). Corporación Humanas. 2010. pp. 87–95. ISBN 9789568555184. Retrieved 4 November 2016.