Peregrina Pastorino

Peregrina Pastorino (*1910, + 1998), Argentine Translator, nicknamed “Péle” the Harrods' fashionist, during the 1930s she was a high-fashion model for Harrods and Gath & Chavez, and by the time of the Second World War she worked as a translator and interpreter. As a juornalist she worked for the a creation of Victoria Ocampo. She eventually settled down and married essayist and founder of Argentina's rural libraries Nicolás Barrios Lynch.
Her life
Peregrina Pastorino was born on September 9, 1910, on Leandro Alem Avenue in the old “English Borough” of Buenos Aires named "Barrio San Nicolás de los Arroyos" at the time, today Retiro, Buenos Aires touristic and banking centre called "la City Bancaria" where is located the Argentine branch of the Bank of London and many other European banks.
Her family came to Argentina from Swiss-Italian Alps, from the region of Piemont, her father was the engineer Thomas Pastorino and her mother (Binah) Rosa Miagro Ritz a lady of the Swiss-Argentine Rural Society. She was a very artistic lady, a frequent guest at Villa Ocampo, and the favorite of her brother Luis Pastorino a fashion fotographer and engineer, she was cousin to actress Malvina Pastorino.
Legacy
She provided incredible help to women, by been a pioneer in the workforce, her great initiatives in public and international affairs opening the way to younger generations of Argentinean women. Peregrina's biggest achievement was her work with Amelie Antonia Levieux at Bayres Ritz, with a settlement program for single mothers and women of Jewish European background arriving in Argentina during World War II.
Reference
* Intimidades de un visionaria,Laura Ayerza de Castilho Odile Felgine,Editorial Sudamericana
* Meyer, Doris: Against the Wind and the Tide ( Texas Pan-American Series paperback, University of Texas Press Reprint edition, 1990) Originally published New York, George Brazillier, 1978. Re-issue ISBN 0-292-78710-3.

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