Corina Rodríguez López
Costa Rican educator, writer, feminist and sculptor (1895–1982)
Corina Rodríguez López (1895–1982) was a Costa Rican educator, writer, feminist and occasional sculptor. She was the founder of the Casa del Niño and the Temperance League of Costa Rica, as well as a feminist and suffragette. She was twice exiled for her outspokenness on the treatment of women and children and her political views. She taught school in both Costa Rica and Panama and wrote articles for newspapers and magazines criticizing both national and international political policies. When she returned from exile in Panama, she worked as a housing advocate for poor families in the southern neighborhoods of San José. She was inducted into the Costa Rican Gallery of Women in 2007.
Biography
Corina Rodríguez López was born on 25 December 1895 in San Ramón, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica to Joaquín Rodríguez Rodríguez and Juana López Castro. Her primary schooling was completed at the Central Girls' School in San Ramon. She attended the Colegio de Señoritas from 1910 to 1914 and then the Escuela Normal from 1914 to 1915, graduating as a teacher. During the first administration of Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno she founded the Casa del Niño (House of Children) and co-founded the Temperance League.
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