When you are studying a career with a lot of important people through history, you don’t know who to choose. But when I was 16, a few years ago, I did a school job with research, and I met a Chilean woman who did a great job being a teacher. Her name is Amanda Labarca, and she also was a writer, feminist and a political woman. She was born in Santiago on December, 5 in 1886. She graduated from Instituto Pedagogico, in Universidad de Chile, as a state teacher with Spanish mention; then she studied in some other countries like EE.UU and France.
In 1922 she obtained the position of Extraordinary Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Humanities and Education at Universidad de Chile, becoming the first Chilean woman to teach college-level teaching. She was elected President of the Chilean Federation of Feminine Institutions. And wrote numerous books of education and feminism. She died in Santiago on January 2, 1975, at age 88.
I really like all the things that Amanda could make in their life, because she could study and become in the first woman to teach college-level teaching. And her own life was dedicated to fighting for what she wanted. She is a big inspiration for me, I would like to make something better in education, being someone that contributes to my work, and her life is just inspiring for me.
More than a teacher.
junio 8, 2012 por annisaldivia
Good… an icon of the chilean education! 🙂