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Irene de Peyré or Irene Oliveros de Peyré (October 20, 1873 in
Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala Santa Rosa () is a department in Guatemala. The capital is Cuilapa. History 1913 earthquake On Saturday 8 March 1913, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Santa Rosa, destroying its department capital, Cuilapa. Both the initial quake and the af ...
– June 28, 1968 in
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,
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) was a Guatemalan educator and feminist. She attended the teacher's training school, Instituto Normal Central para Señoritas Belén In 1920, she established La Alianza Francesa de Guatemala to preserve the culture of French Guatemalans and in 1921, in order promote learning she established the Liceo Francés. In 1930, she was Guatemala's delegate to the
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, which at that time was involved in the preparation of a massive volume evaluating the effects of marriage on women's citizenship. In 1944, she joined with a group of women including
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to form the ''Unión Femenina Guatemalteca Pro-ciudadanía'' (Union of Guatemalan Women for Citizenship) favoring recognition of their civil rights, including
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for literate women. After the Guatemalan 1944 coup d'état the new Constitution, promulgated on 1 March 1945 granted the right to vote to all literate citizens, including women. In 1951, when the Jesuits were unable to begin a school due to the government's anti-
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policy, Oliveros de Peyré, brought them under the umbrella of the French school for their mutual benefit—the Jesuits were able to secure a school and Oliveros de Peyré was able to secure a boys' section. The school opened in 1952 as Liceo Francés Sección de Varones and by the mid-1950s had changed its name to Liceo Javier.


Awards

In 1958, she was awarded the Order of the Quetzal for her service to the country.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peyre, Irene de 1873 births 1968 deaths Guatemalan academics Guatemalan feminists People from Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala Guatemalan suffragists