Olga Maturana Espinosa | |
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Mayor of Pichilemu | |
In office May 28, 1951 – May 17, 1953 | |
Preceded by | Sergio Morales Retamal |
Succeeded by | Sergio Morales Retamal |
Personal details | |
Born | Santiago, Chile | October 10, 1906
Died | July 16, 1973 Pichilemu, Chile | (aged 66)
Spouse | Felipe Iturriaga Esquivel |
Children | 5 |
Olga Maturana Espinosa (October 10, 1906 – July 16, 1973)[1] was a Chilean politician born in Santiago. Maturana worked as Councillor of Pichilemu in 1950, and became the first female Mayor of Pichilemu in 1951.[2][3]
Maturana was born on October 10, 1906, in Santiago, Chile.[1] Her parents were Arturo Maturana Zúñiga and Emma Espinosa Pedrada.[4]
Maturana married in 1926 Felipe Iturriaga Esquivel in Santiago when he was 20.[4] Maturana and Iturriaga moved to Pichilemu in 1932. Iturriaga was elected Mayor for three terms (1932–1935; 1941–1944; and 1956–1959),[1][5] and Maturana was elected Councillor of Pichilemu in 1950,[6] along with Carlos Echazarreta Larraín, Ricardo Ayala and Armando Caroca Rojas. Sergio Morales Retamal was elected Mayor, but he left the office in 1951.[5]
Olga Maturana succeeded Sergio Morales on May 28, 1951, and became the first female Mayor of Pichilemu, as an independent.[5][6] Her term ended on May 17, 1953.[5][7]
Maturana had five children with her husband Felipe Iturriaga.[1][3]
Maturana died on July 16, 1973, in Pichilemu, Chile at 66.[1]
As of 2008, only two women had occupied political offices in Pichilemu: Alicia López Galarce (Councillor from 1953 until 1956) and Olga Maturana.[8]
In 2008, 12 women enrolled to the municipal election. Only three of them were eventually elected as councillors: Marta Urzúa, Andrea Aranda and Viviana Parraguez.[9]