Antonia Moreno Leyva (1848-1916) was the first lady of

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

from 1886 to 1890 by her marriage to president

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray (10 November 1836 – 10 October 1923) was a Peruvian politician and general who served as the President of Peru, from 1886 to 1890 as the 27th president, and again from 1894 to 1895 as the 30th. He is cons ...

. Prior to being president, her spouse participated in the

War of the Pacific The War of the Pacific (), also known by War of the Pacific#Etymology, multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Treaty of Defensive Alliance (Bolivia–Peru), Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought over Atacama Desert ...

(1879–1883), and she accompanied him on the

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campaign 1881. During the absence of her spouse, she actively participated in

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fare and commanded

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s.«La importancia de la mujer en la Guerra de 1879 a 1884», Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez, 4 de julio de 2011. Consultado el 26 de julio She is the only woman to be buried in Cripta de los Héroes del Cementerio Presbítero Maestro'','' a

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for

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'','' after a special permission made it possible.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leyva, Antonia Moreno 1848 births 1916 deaths First ladies of Peru 19th-century Peruvian people 19th-century Peruvian women Women in 19th-century warfare Women in war in South America