Josefina Ortiz
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Josefina Ortiz
| image = Josefina Ortiz (cropped).jpg
| caption = Ortiz in 1929
| office = First Lady of Mexico
| term_start = February 5, 1930
| term_end = September 2, 1932
| predecessor = Carmen García González
| successor = Aída Sullivan
| president = Pascual Ortiz Rubio
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|2|13}}
| birth_place = Copándaro, Michoacán, Mexico
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|7|18|1892|2|13}}
| death_place = Mexico City, Mexico
| spouse = {{marriage|Pascual Ortiz Rubio|1920|1963|end=his death}}
| children =
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Josefina Ortiz y Ortiz (February 13, 1892 – July 18, 1983) was the First Lady of Mexico and the wife of the Mexican President Pascual Ortiz Rubio. During her time as first lady she started initiatives aiding indigenous children.{{Cite web|title=Genealogía de Josefina Ortiz Ortiz-Roa|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/sanchiz?lang=es&n=ortiz+ortiz+roa&oc=0&p=josefina|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Geneanet|language=es}}
Biography
Josefina Ortiz y Ortiz was born in 1892 on 13 February in Copándaro, Michoacán as the third of four children in the family. She studied at the College of Teresian Nuns of Morelia.{{Cite book|last=Aguilar Castro|first=Alicia|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81251759|title=Primeras damas, las ausentes presentes : historias de mujeres mexicanas|date=2006|publisher=Documentación y Estudios de Mujeres, A.C|isbn=968-6851-60-7|edition=|location=México, D.F.|oclc=81251759}}
In 1920, on 13 August, she married Ortiz Rubio, who later became president of Mexico in 1928 with an official mandate until 1934.{{Cite book|last=Sefchovich|first=Sara|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51744451|title=La suerte de la consorte : las esposas de los gobernantes de México : historia de un olvido y relato de un fracaso|date=2002|publisher=Océano|isbn=970-651-643-3|edition=2a ed. rescrita y aumentada|location=México, D.F.|pages=255|oclc=51744451}}
First Lady
After Pascual Oritz Rubio became president in 1920, Josefina Ortiz y Ortiz accompanied him in different public events, both abroad and in Mexico. Both of them served the functions of ambassadors in trips to Brazil and Germany.{{Cite journal|date=2020-09-22|title=Informe con relacion al movimiento revolucionario en Michoacan|journal=Relaciones Estudios de Historia y Sociedad|volume=41|issue=161|doi=10.24901/rehs.v41i161|issn=2448-7554|doi-access=free}}
On 5 February 1930, her husband, the president was attacked and wounded, along with Josefina and his niece. This didn't dissuade the couple from appearing in public events. Josefina Ortiz continued her work on the "La Gota de Leche", assisting indigenous children.{{Cite book|last=Sánchez González|first=Agustín|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32276602|title=Cuatro atentados presidenciales|date=1994|publisher=Grupo Editorial Planeta|isbn=968-406-464-0|edition=|location=México|oclc=32276602}}
In 1932, two years prior to the end of mandate, her husband Pascual Oritz Rubio resigned the presidency and both of them moved to the United States.
After her husband died, Josefina dedicated herself to taking care of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren until her death on 1983 at the age of 91.
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