Isabel Martínez de Perón
María Estela Martínez Cartas de Perón (born 4 February 1931), better known as Isabel Martínez de Perón () or Isabel Perón, served as the 42nd President of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was the third wife of President Juan Perón. During her husband's third term as president from 1973 to 1974, Isabel served as both vice president and First Lady. Following her husband's death in office in 1974, Isabel served as president of Argentina from 1 July 1974 to 24 March 1976, when the military took over the government and placed her under house arrest for five years, before exiling her to Spain in 1981. She holds the distinction of having been the first woman to have had the title of "President", as opposed to a queen or prime minister.
Dolores Gortázar Serantes
In terms of public and scholarly recognition Gortázar was first noticed as a translator; her Spanish "El arte poética" (1901) version of Horace's "Ars poëtica" won awards at the León Juegos Florales and was acknowledged with praise by Real Academia Española. She tried her hand in historiography, especially in paleography; entrusted with specific tasks by Real Academia de la Historia, she published two studies on San Miguel de Escalada (1899) and the Valvanera monastery (1907). Other historiographic works were a mid-size biographical study on St. Frances of Rome (1911) and a piece on Incarnation (1902).
In literature Gortázar obtained her biggest success as a novelist, the author of "El Cristo de la roca" (1911) and "La roca del amor" (1924). Both are in fact one and the same novel, the latter slightly re-edited to provide a sense of novelty; the disguise proved successful, as in contemporary press "La roca" was acknowledged as original. The novel is a love story, vaguely set in a milieu of Valencian aristocracy; it features a complex family intrigue. The plot is about overcoming a series of mysterious tragedies and misfortunes; Christian backbone of the protagonists, one of them a Catholic priest, enabled them to succeed. Falling into the typical genre fiction of the era, "El Cristo" / "La roca" is perhaps most interesting due to its narrative technique, as the story is made of different recollective accounts. Other Gortázar's prosaic attempts, a shorter novel and a collection of stories, were far less successful.