Rebellion against patriarchal orthodoxy and a struggle to strike out in directions independent of traditional expectations would highlight the life of that driver, Victoria Ocampo. In the early 1920s, the fleeting image of the beautiful young woman in short sleeves and unchaperoned, speeding through the streets of Buenos Aires behind the wheel of a Packard, attracted a flurry of cat-calls from those offended by such unwomanly behavior. Our small individual lives count for little, but all our lives united will carry such force that history will change its course.

Testimonios (Testimony, 10 vols., 1935–77) Autobiografía (Autobiography, 4 vols., 1979–82) De Francesca a Beatriz (From Francesca to Beatrice, 1924) 338171 T.E. Pursued self-definition and mildly rebelled (1900s–29) cultivated great literary figures such as Ortega y Gasset and Tagore established literary magazine Sur (1931) and Editorial SUR, a publishing house (1933) helped found the Union of Argentine Women (1936) arrested by the Perón regime (1953) was the first woman named to the Argentine Academy of Letters (1977). Born Ramona Victoria Epifanía Rufina Ocampo on April 7, 1890, in Buenos Aires, Argentina died on January 27, 1979, at Villa Ocampo, San Isidro, Argentina daughter of Manuel Ocampo (an architectural engineer) and Ramona Máxima Aguirre sister of writer Silvina Ocampo (1903–1993) taught by private tutors at home married Luis Bernardo de ('Monaco') Estrada no children.

Well-known and respected essayist, editor, publisher, and patron of the arts, who also advanced the cause of women's rights in Argentina.

Testimonios by Victoria Ocampo