Olga Maturana

Maturana was born on October 10, 1906, in Santiago, Chile. Maturana and Iturriaga moved to Pichilemu in 1932. Iturriaga was elected Mayor for three terms (1932–1935; 1941–1944; and 1956–1959), and Maturana was elected Councillor of Pichilemu in 1950, along with Carlos Echazarreta Larraín, Ricardo Ayala and Armando Caroca Rojas. Sergio Morales Retamal was elected mayor, but he left the office in 1951. Maturana had five children with her husband Felipe Iturriaga. Maturana died on July 16, 1973, in Pichilemu, Chile at 66. == Influence ==

As of 2008, only two women had occupied political offices in Pichilemu: Alicia López Galarce (Councillor from 1953 until 1956) and Olga Maturana. In 2008, 12 women enrolled to the municipal election. Only three of them were eventually elected as councillors: Marta Urzúa, Andrea Aranda and Viviana Parraguez. == References ==