Lola Mora

Argentina's first female monumental sculptor and public works engineer

Dolores "Lola" Mora (1866-1936) shattered gender barriers in Latin American art and engineering. Her controversial nude sculptures like "Fuente de las Nereidas" (1903) sparked nationwide debates about art and morality.

Pioneering achievements:
• Designed Argentina's first hydroelectric project
• Created Salta Province’s irrigation network
• Carved railway tunnels through Andes

Despite male-dominated opposition, she:

• Won 1895 National Sculpture Competition
• Estigned Rome Studio with government funding
• Patented mining safety devices in 1920s

Mora's legacy includes:

"She turned stone into feminist manifestos" - Art Historian María Laura Rosa