María Ugarte
María Ugarte | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 22, 1914 Segovia, Spain |
| Died | March 4, 2011 (aged 97) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Resting place | Cristo Redentor cemetery |
| Citizenship | Spanish (1914–2011) Dominican (1950–2011) |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Notable awards | Order of Civil Merit (1986) Patrimonio Cultural Viviente de la República Dominicana (1995) |
| Spouses |
José A. Jiménez
(m. 1950; died 1966) |
| Children | Carmenchu Brusíloff |
María de la Purificación Ugarte España (22 February 1914, Segovia, Spain – 4 March 2011, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) was a Spanish-Dominican journalist, writer, academician, historian and palaeographer. Ugarte was the first woman who worked as a journalist in the Dominican Republic, and also the first woman to become a member of the Dominican Academy of History.