Adela Edwards Salas

Born(1874-03-16)16 March 1874

Died11 November 1939(1939-11-11) (aged 65)

Santiago, Chile

Occupations

Teacher
philanthropist

Adela Edwards Salas

Born	(1874-03-16)16 March 1874 Santiago, Chile
Died	11 November 1939(1939-11-11) (aged 65) Santiago, Chile
Occupations	Teacher philanthropist
Relatives	Rafael Edwards Salas
Family	Edwards family
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Adela Edwards Salas (16 March 1874 – 11 November 1939) was a Chilean teacher and philanthropist.

Edwards was born 16 March 1874 in Santiago to Eduardo Edwards Garriga and Javiera Salas Errázuriz. Edwards was the sister of Rafael Edwards Salas, and was a member of the Edwards family.

On 20 March 1907, Edwards founded the Santa Teresa Normal School (Spanish: Escuela Normal Santa Teresa) in Santiago.^[1]^[2]

In 1912, Edwards co-founded the League of Chilean Women [es] with Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux.^[3]^[4]

In 1918, Edwards founded The White Cross (Spanish: La Cruz Blanca) an organization which cared for abandoned girls.^[5]

References

↑ "Escuelas Normales en Chile (1842–1974): Escuelas normales particulares". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
↑ "Escuela Normal Santa Teresa de Santiago". Archivo Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
↑ Valenzuela, J. Samuel; Valenzuela, Erika Maza (2000). "The Politics of Religion in a Catholic Country: Republican Democracy, Cristianismo Social and the Conservative Party in Chile, 1850–1925". In Ivereigh, Austen (ed.). The Politics of Religion in an Age of Revival: Studies in Nineteenth-Century Europe and Latin America. London: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London. pp. 188–223. ISBN 978-1-900039-32-1. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
↑ "The Catholic Woman's Home Page: A Distinguished Chilean Family". The Canadian Register. Quebec, Canada. 6 June 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
↑ "Mujeres de Elite y Caridad (1864–1930): Regeneración moral de niñas desamparadas". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 7 April 2026.

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