María Ester Gatti

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Uruguayan activist

Places

Uruguay

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Activist Writer Politician Human rights activist

Work field

Activism Literature Politics

Gender

Female

Birth

13 January 1918 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay

Death

5 December 2010 People who died on this day

Place of death

Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay

Age

92 years

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Biography

María Ester Gatti de Islas (January 13, 1918 – December 5, 2010) was a Uruguayan teacher and human rights activist.

Biography

She founded Madres y Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos, (or Uruguayan Mothers and Families of Disappeared Prisoners) following the abduction and disappearance of her daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter during the Dirty War in neighboring Argentina in 1976.

She died in 2010, aged 91. Her remains are buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.

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