Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet (née Le Brun Reyes; 1845–1930) was a Chilean teacher, high school director and activist for secondary education for women.[1][2] Le Brun's activism played arole in the passing of the Amunátegui Decree, which allowed women to enter university and mandated the construction of public secondary schools.[2][3][4]
Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet | |
|---|---|
 Le Brun in 1895 | |
| Born | Isabel Le Brun Reyes 1845 San Felipe, Chile |
| Died | 1930 (aged 84–85) Santiago, Chile |
| Spouse |
Marcos Fidel Pinochet Espinoza
(m. 1862) |
| Children | 16, including Tancredo Pinochet |
Biography
editLe Brun was born in 1845 in San Felipe to Estanislao Le Brun, a French immigrant and former member of the Grande Armée, and Francisca Reyes, a teacher.[1][2] Le Brun received her primary education from her mother, and began teaching local children in her community at age 14.[1] In 1875, Le Brun established the Recoleta School (Spanish: Colegio de la Recoleta), later known as the Liceo Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet, a private primary and secondary school for women.[1][2] Championing the secularization of women's education, Le Brun's school followed educational reform by instating the Concentric System.[3][5]
On 1 December 1876, Le Brun send a request to the University Council asking for the nomination of university commissions to assist and validate her students' exams.[2] Following the Council's inaction, Le Brun wrote articles and petitioned the University of Chile itself to allow its female students to take exams.[3] On 6 February 1877, the Minister of Education Miguel Luis Amunátegui signed the Amunátegui Decree which allowed women for the first time to enter university and mandated the construction of public secondary schools.[2][3][4] Following the decree Le Brun's daughter, Noemi Pinochet Le Brun, enrolled at the University of Chile and later earned her bachelor's degree.[3][6]
The Liceo Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet closed in 1930, the same year as her death in Santiago.[1]
Personal life
editLegacy
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In 1946, Samuel Román Rojas created the sculpture Monument to the educators Antonia Tarragó and Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet (Spanish: Monumento a las educadoras Antonia Tarragó e Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet) which stands at the central median of the Alameda in Santiago.[4][11]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Amanda Labarca Hubertson (1886–1975): Isabel Le Brun Reyes (1845–1930)". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sánchez Manríquez, Karin (2006). "The entry of chilean women in university and the changes in customs through law 1872–1877". Historia. 2. Translated by Labarca, Cristina. Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "La historia del decreto que abrió el camino de las mujeres a la formación superior". Senado (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Senate of Chile. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 Aliaga, Carolina (24 April 2024). "El legado de Antonia Tarragó: Puertas abiertas a la educación universitaria para mujeres en Chile". Noticias (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- ↑ Guerín de Elgueta, Sara, ed. (1928). "Liceo Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet". Actividades Femeninas en Chile: obra publicada con motivo del cincuentenario del decreto que concedió a la mujer chilena el derecho de validar sus exámenes secundarios (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. pp. 378–380. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Universidad de Chile; Pinochet Le Brun, Noemi (1887). "Expediente de título de Bachiller en humanidades, Noemi Pinochet Le Brun [manuscrito]" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2026 – via Biblioteca Digital UChile.
- ↑ "Marcos Fidel Pinochet and Isabel Le Brun [marriage record]". Chile, Select Marriages, 1579–1930 [database on-line]; San Felipe. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 10 June 1862.
- ↑ Chile, Select Baptisms, 1585–1932
- ↑ Chile, Select Marriages, 1579-1930
- ↑ Chile, Civil Registration, 1885-1903
- ↑ ""Monumento a las educadoras Antonia Tarragó e Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet" de Samuel Román Rojas". Archivo Institucional UC (in Spanish). Bibliotecas UC, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Retrieved 26 May 2026.