
Rafaela Bezanilla Bezanilla was First Lady of Chile and the wife of President José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla. She was born in Santiago, the daughter of Francisco de Bezanilla y de la Bárcena and of Juana Bezanilla y Abós Padilla. She and her husband had eight children together.

Francisca Xaviera Eudoxia Rudecinda Carmen de los Dolores de la Carrera y Verdugo, better known as Javiera Carrera, was a member of one of the most aristocratic Chilean families, the Carrera family of Basque origin, who actively participated in the Chilean War of Independence. Together with her brothers José Miguel, Juan José and Luis, they were some of most important leaders of the early Chilean struggle for independence during the period known as the Patria Vieja. She is credited with having sewn the first national flag of Chile and is considered to be the "Mother of Chile".

Eulogia Echaurren García-Huidobro was First Lady of Chile and the wife of President Federico Errázuriz Zañartu.
Gertrudis Josefa del Carmen Echenique y Mujica (1849–1928) was First Lady of Chile between 1896 and 1901.

María Mercedes Fontecilla y Fernández de Valdivieso was a First Lady of Chile.

María del Carmen Gana López was a Chilean aristocrat and a First Lady of Chile.

Isidora Goyenechea Gallo (1836-1897) was a Chilean industrialist. She owned and managed the coal mines in Lota and Coronel in 1873-1897 and was at the time regarded as one of the wealthiest people in the world. Her house was in the current one Palacio Cousiño in Santiago de Chile.

Paula Jaraquemada Alquizar (1768–1851) was one of Chile's most outstanding patriots in the struggle for independence from Spain.

Mercedes Marín del Solar was a Chilean poet, school reformer, and women's rights activist.

Enriqueta Pinto Garmendia was First Lady of Chile and the wife of President Manuel Bulnes.

María Isabel Riquelme de la Barrera y Meza, was the mother of Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins. Isabel Riquelme was of Basque descent.

Filomena Valenzuela Goyenechea (1848-1924) was a Chilean soldier, known as La Madrecita. Originally a cantinière, she came to participate directly in combat in the Battle of Pisagua, Battle of Dolores and Battle of Los Ángeles during the War of the Pacific.