title: Elvira García y García
text: # Elvira García y García
  
  Elvira García y García (1862-1951) was a Peruvian educator and feminist. She founded the pioneer girls' school Liceo Peruano (1883) the leading feminist publication Liceo Fanning (1894-1914), and is regarded as a pioneer in women's education in Peru. She was the daughter of Aurelio Garcia y Garcia, Rear-Admiral of the Peruvian Navy who was considered one of the "four aces" of Peru's incipient navy (along with Miguel Grau and Lizardo Montero Flores).
  
  ## Notable students
  
  * Rebeca Carrión Cachot, archaeologist
  