Olinda Massare de Kostianovsky

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Olinda Massare de Kostianovsky (1939-2012) was a Paraguayan historian, best known as a historian of education and women in Paraguay. From 2010 to 2012 she was President of the Paraguayan Academy of History,[1] the first woman to hold the position.[2]

Life[edit]

Olinda Massare de Kostianovsky was born on 25 March 1939.[1] She gained her PhD in philosophy of education.[2]

Massare was a professor and dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción.[2] From 1990 to 1993 she was Vice Minister of Culture.[3]

Massare also served as president of the Paraguay-Israel Cultural Institute (ICPI).[4] She was recognized with honours by the governments of Venezuela and Ecuador.[5]

She died on 4 December 2012.[1]

Works[edit]

  • La instrucción pública en la época colonial [Public instruction in colonial times]. Asunción, 1968.
  • La mujer paraguaya: su participación en la Guerra Grande [The Paraguayan woman: her participation in the Great War]. Asunción, 1970.
  • 'Historia e evolución de la población en el Paraguay'. In Domingo M. Rivarola and G. Heisecke, eds., Población, urbanización y recursos humanos en el Paraguay, 2nd ed., Asunción, 1970.
  • El Vice Presidente Domingo Francisco Sánchez. Asunción, 1972.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Olinda Massare de Kostianovsky (1939-2012)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "El último adiós a Olinda Massare de Kostianovsky será este miércoles". Ultima Hora. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ^ "República del Paraguay/ Tetä Paragneáype". Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Homenaje a Olinda Massare, en el Bosque de Israel". ABC Color. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Fallece Olinda Massare de Kostianovsky". ABC Color. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2021.