 She co-founded "Club de Señoras" ("Ladies' Club") in 1916 with Iris, Martina Barros Borgoño, and Luisa LynchIt initiated the struggle for the emancipation of women and created the first bill to grant citizenship rights to Chilean women.The club was located between Morandé and Teatinos in Company Stree..It was oroginally intended to be merely a social gathering of upper class women, but once formed the membership's interest turn to politics.