María Ugarte
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María de la Purificación Ugarte España[7] (22 February 1914, Segovia, Spain – 4 March 2011, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) was a Spanish-Dominican journalist, writer, academician, historian and palaeographer. Ugarte was the first woman who worked as a journalist in the Dominican Republic,[5][8] and also the first woman to become a member of the Dominican Academy of History.[9]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ugarte and the second or maternal family name is España.
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María Ugarte | |
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Born | (1914-02-22)February 22, 1914 Segovia, Spain[1] |
Died | March 4, 2011(2011-03-04) (aged 97) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic[1] |
Resting place | Cristo Redentor cemetery[1] |
Citizenship | Spanish (1914–2011) Dominican (1950–2011)[2] |
Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid[3] |
Notable awards | Order of Civil Merit (1986)[4] Patrimonio Cultural Viviente de la República Dominicana (1995)[5] |
Spouses |
José A. Jiménez
(m. 1950; died 1966) |
Children | Carmenchu Brusíloff[6] |
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