Lía Lafaye
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- Female Party of Chile
(until 1951) - Progressive Female Party
(1951–1958)
Lía Lafaye | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1953 – 15 May 1957 | |
| Constituency | 22nd Departamental Grouping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 June 1898 |
| Died | 11 June 1985 (aged 87) |
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| Spouse(s) | Sandalio Prieto Méndez Óscar Muñoz Quijada (m. 1952) |
| Children | None |
| Parent(s) | Luis Lafaye Paul Leonor Torres Suárez |
| Education | Law; Pedagogy (French) |
| Occupation | Teacher and politician |
Lía Lafaye Torres (7 June 1898 – 11 June 1985) was a Chilean teacher and politician.
She served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies between 1953 and 1957 and is recognized as the second woman deputy in Chile, following Inés Enríquez Frödden and María de la Cruz.[1]
She was born in Antofagasta to Luis Lafaye Paul and Leonor Torres Suárez.[1]
She studied law and subsequently pedagogy, qualifying as a French teacher. She taught in various schools and private institutions in Valdivia, where she also worked as secretary of the local municipality.[1]
She married Sandalio Prieto Méndez in Santiago, and later entered into a second marriage with Óscar Muñoz Quijada on 12 March 1952 in Valdivia. The couple had no children.[1]
Lafaye was a founding member of the *Agrupación Femenina de Solidaridad Social* in Valdivia, which created a night school for adult women and a Women’s Polytechnic School.[1]