Bertha Hernández Fernández
Bertha Hernández de Ospina | |
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Bertha with Mariano Ospina Pérez during the inauguration on 7 August 1946 | |
| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office 20 July 1970 – 20 July 1974 | |
| First Lady of Colombia | |
| In role 7 August 1946 – 7 August 1950 | |
| President | Mariano Ospina Pérez |
| Preceded by | María Michelsen de López |
| Succeeded by | María Hurtado de Gómez |
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| Born | Bertha Hernández Fernández 17 April 1907 Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Died | 11 September 1993 (aged 86) Fusagasugá, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Political party | Conservative |
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Bertha Hernández de Ospina (née Hernández Fernández; 17 April 1907 – 11 September 1993) was a Colombian politician, writer, columnist, and civil leader for women's rights. She served as First Lady of Colombia from 1946 to 1950 as the wife of President Mariano Ospina Pérez and later as Senator of Colombia from 1970 to 1974.
Hernández de Ospina is the second most influential first lady in Colombian political life after Soledad Román de Núñez (wife of Rafael Núñez). Bertha was also one of the members of the Colombian suffrage movement founded in 1954, alongside prominent figures like Josefina Valencia (First woman Minister of Colombia) and Esmeralda Arboleda (First woman congresswoman of Colombia)