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Maipina de la Barra<\/h1>\n

(Chile 1834 \u2013 1904)
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Translated by Anyely Membreno<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maipina de la Barra Lira was born in Paris on April 15, 1834. She was the eldest of eight\u00a0siblings. Her parents were the prominent Chilean diplomat, politician, writer and academic, Jos\u00e9\u00a0Miguel de la Barra L\u00f3pez Guerrero, and the European Athenais Pereira de Lira.<\/p>\n

The decisive Battle of Maip\u00fa (1818) proved to be a crucial victory for the patriots\u00a0fighting for the independence of Chile and served as the origin of Maipina\u2019s unique name. Maipina de la Barra was the goddaughter of Jos\u00e9 de San Mart\u00edn, her father’s comrade-in-arms in the war for independence.<\/p>\n

At only four years old, Maipina moved to Chile and spent her childhood in the then affluent downtown neighborhood of Plaza Yungay, in an environment influenced by the social connections of her father, a member of the country’s ruling elite. There aren\u2019t any records about<\/p>\n

Maipina\u2019s education, but it can be assumed that she was under the care of her family and a\u00a0governess since she spoke both French and Italian.<\/p>\n

Maipina married Jos\u00e9 Ignacio Cobo y Cobo in 1851, the same year her father died. At 17 years of age, she had a daughter, Eva Filomena Cobo de la Barra born in 1857. Maipina de la Barra played the piano, the flute and violin and she also sang. After being widowed and not having an inheritance that would allow her to live comfortably, she dedicated herself to teaching piano in Valpara\u00edso.<\/p>\n

At the age of 39,\u00a0 de la Barra traveled to Italy and France with the intention of visiting her mother, who had returned to Europe shortly after the death of her husband. De la Barra began this journey in Valpara\u00edso aboard the ship Corcovado accompanied by her daughter Eva Cobo. A year later, in May 1873, she returned to Valpara\u00edso aboard the ship Puno.<\/p>\n

According to Maipina’s own account, this journey not only served to visit her mother, but also to educate her daughter, Eva, in European society, in the standards of “Proper Manners”\u00a0which she greatly admired. For nine months De la Barra lived in Paris surrounded by friends who provided her with lodging, entertainment, and social connections.<\/p>\n

Back in Chile, Maipina had a distressing visit with her daughter. She embarked on another journey between March and June of 1877, crossing the Andes mountain range with Buenos Aires as her destination. She lived temporarily in Mendoza and Rosario, where she worked as a piano teacher.<\/p>\n

From these two experiences, while residing in Buenos Aires, Maipina published a memoir of her travels titled \u201cMis impresiones y mis vicisitudes en mi viaje a Europa pasando por el Estrecho de Magallanes y en mi excursi\u00f3n [sic] a Buenos Aires pasando por la cordillera de los Andes.\u201d <\/em>She dedicated this work to Argentine women. The book explores the importance of women’s education and the role of mothers in the social process of socialization while also describing the places she visited and offering her evaluation on what she considered an urgent need: women’s education.<\/p>\n

During the 1880s, de la Barra appeared in both the Chilean and foreign press for her\u00a0cultural work related to music. She was considered an artist by her contemporaries. Alongside her musical performances, Maipina also spoke at public lectures. In 1887, de la Barra spoke in Spain about the problem of women’s instruction and the need for women’s education. In Madrid, she published a translation titled \u201cLa ciencia oculta. Estudio sobre la doctrina esot\u00e9rica de Luis Dramand,\u201d just three years after it was originally published in French, a clear indication of involvement in the spiritual movement of the time.<\/p>\n

Maipina also spoke at the Fourth General Chilean Scientific Congress, held in Talca, Chile, in April of 1897; her speech was titled \u201cDiscurso sobre la instrucci\u00f3n de la mujer.\u201d Maipina de la Barra joined the Freemasonry movement in Spain according to a document from the Logia Uni\u00f3n Italiana No. 90 of Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n

Her role as a promoter of spiritual doctrine appears to have been significant. De la Barra\u2019s involvement with freemasonry and the liberal circles of that period reflect a forward-thinking mindset for her time. Her intellectual curiosity was complemented by her work as a translator. She translated from French and Italian \u201cTextos de lectura para escuelas y colegios de ambos sexos\u201d sent to Bolivia in 1896. During the last 30 years of her life, de la Barra maintained a strong interest in education, actively promoting a women’s right to access education.<\/p>\n

Everything suggests that she traveled sporadically from Argentina to Chile but resided\u00a0in Buenos Aires from 1880 until her death. In 1904, months before her death, Maipina visited the\u00a0Tolstoyana Colony, a community-cultural project initiated by Augusto D\u2019Halmar and other\u00a0Chilean writers in San Bernardo, near Santiago. On September 2, 1904, at the age of 70, Maipina de la Barra died in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n

Carla Ulloa Inostroza<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor of History, Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Valpara\u00edso.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Master\u2019s Degree in Latin American Studies, Universidad de Chile.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doctoral Candidate in Latin American Studies, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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