Enriqueta Pinto

Enriqueta Pinto de Bulnes (; 1817 — 26 December 1904) was a Chilean translator and First Lady during 1841 to 1851.

Early life and family

Pinto was born in Tucumán, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (present-day, Argentina) to Francisco Antonio Pinto, a lawyer, military general, politician and future 3rd President of Chile, and Luisa Garmendia, the future First Lady and founder of the Pinto political dynasty. Pinto was the older sister of Aníbal Pinto, a lawyer, politician and 9th President of Chile.

On 20 July 1841, Pinto married Manuel Bulnes, a military officer, politician and future 5th President of Chile. Pinto and Bulnes had eight children, including:

• Manuel Bulnes Pinto (1842–1899), military officer and politician; married Elena Calvo Cruchaga.
• Lucia Bulnes de Vergara (1845–1932), writer; married Ruperto Vergara Rencoret (1835-1908).
• (1851–1936), journalist, historian and politician; married Carmela Correa Sanfuentes.

Career

Pinto was fluent in English and French. In 1859, Pinto translated the second edition of Manual for a Christian Woman by Abbot Frédéric Édouard Chassan.

Pinto was a member of the Literary Society of the Catholic University of Louvain, the Parisian Academy of Teaching, the Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Caen, and the .

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