Carolina Correa de Rojas | |
President: | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla |
Office: | First Lady of Colombia |
Term Label: | In role |
Predecessor: | María Hurtado de Gómez |
Successor: | Bertha Puga Martínez |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1905 |
Birth Place: | Támesis, Antioquia, Colombia |
Death Place: | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
Nationality: | Colombian |
Party: | National Popular Alliance |
Carolina "Carola" Correa de Rojas Pinilla (born Carolina Correa Londoño; 25 January 1905 – 15 July 1986)[1] was the wife of the 19th President of Colombia, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1953 to 1957.[2]
On 25 May 1956 Correa, as First Lady of Colombia, was the first woman to be granted a Colombian identity card, the Colombian national identity document that extended citizenship to women and allowed them to participate in the political process.[3] Her cédula number was 20,000,001; her daughter María Eugenia was granted the next card, number 20,000,002.[3] Colombian women, including Correa and her daughter, were able to vote for the first time on 1 December 1957 during a national referendum.
Carolina Correa Londoño was born on 25 January 1905 in Medellín, Antioquia[3] to Emilio Correa Correa and Emilia Londoño Jaramillo.[4] She married Gustavo Rojas Pinilla on 10 May 1930 at the Chapel of Saint Joseph of the Congregation of Christian Brothers in Medellín.[5] [6] Gustavo and Carolina had three children: Gustavo Emilio, María Eugenia, and Carlos.