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Women's Party of Chile
The Feminist Party of Chile was a Chilean political party, created in 1946 and active until 1954. Its goals were to obtain women's suffrage in Chile, which was granted in 1949. History The party was formed in 1946 by María de la Cruz Toledo. It is possible that at its peak the party consisted of 27 thousand members.[1] In 1951, the group fractured when De la Cruz tried to impose her favored candidate for the presidency of the party in Magallanes Region. The group headed by Nery Hamuy formed the Progressive Women's Party. In 1952, the party supported Carlos Ibáñez del Campo and tipped the scales in his favor within women, who were voting for the first time. In the parliamentary elections of 1953 a female deputy was elected, and in the by-election to choose the successor of Carlos Ibáñez, María de la Cruz became the first female senator of Chile, but was later disqualified by the rest of the Senate. There is evidence that the party received money from the Argentine Peronist Party. According to the writer and former party leader, Matilde Ladrón de Guevara, the leaders traveled constantly to Argentina between 1950 and 1960 to seek funds that were later not deposited in the party's coffers.[2] María de la Cruz, in the midst of an anti-Peronist movement in Chilean politics,[3] was discharged from her position as senator for these criminal acts, although the Courts later declared her innocent.[4] Election resultsParliamentary elections
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