Carolina "Carola" Correa de Rojas Pinilla (born Carolina Correa Londoño; 25 January 1905 – 15 July 1986)[1] was the wife of the 19th President of Colombia, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1953 to 1957.
[2] On 25 May 1956 Correa, as First Lady of Colombia, was the first woman to be granted a Colombian identity card, the Colombian national identity document that extended citizenship to women and allowed them to participate in the political process.
[3] Colombian women, including Correa and her daughter, were able to vote for the first time on 1 December 1957 during a national referendum.
Carolina Correa Londoño was born on 25 January 1905 in Medellín, Antioquia[3] to Emilio Correa Correa and Emilia Londoño Jaramillo.
[4] She married Gustavo Rojas Pinilla on 10 May 1930 at the Chapel of Saint Joseph of the Congregation of Christian Brothers in Medellín.