Isidora Martínez, a woman in search of freedom in the nineteenth century Peru

Authors

  • Lissell Quiroz-Perez Universidad de Rouen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/arenal.v22i2.2646

Keywords:

Isidora Martínez, History, Women, Peru, Midwives, Marriage, Divorce

Abstract

The article analyzes a case of female agency in nineteenth-century Peruvian patriarchal society. The study focuses on the trajectory of Isidora Martínez (1822-1880), a woman who through education and profession of certified midwife, breaks certain gender schemas that time. So, thanks to its use becomes head of household regardless of economic cooperation of her husband. The desire for freedom is manifested in their distrust of the marriage institution that led her to seek divorce. Thanks to financial empowerment and professionally acquired Martínez manages to win the trial and live independently eighteen years.

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Author Biography

Lissell Quiroz-Perez, Universidad de Rouen

Doctora en Historia contemporánea, catedrática de la Universidad de Rouen (Francia), especialista de la historia de la maternidad en el Perú decimonónico

Published

2015-12-02

How to Cite

Quiroz-Perez, L. (2015). Isidora Martínez, a woman in search of freedom in the nineteenth century Peru. Arenal. Revista De Historia De Las Mujeres, 22(2), 231–246. https://doi.org/10.30827/arenal.v22i2.2646