María Larraín de Vicuña

María Larraín de Vicuña (; died 23 September 1928) was a Chilean writer, lecturer, salonnière and activist in the early Chilean feminist movement of the early twentieth century.

Early life and family María Larraín Prieto was born to José Nicolás Larraín Larraín and María Mercedes Prieto Hurtado. Through her father, Larraín was a member of the Larraín family.

Larraín was married to Alfredo Vicuña Correa, with whom she had four children. Larraín and Vicuña were the godparents of Mons .

Career Based in the city of Antofagasta, Larraín was also active in the Chilean capital where she gave lectures to intellectual circles.

During her lifetime Larraín wrote newspaper articles, held Salons and gave lectures on Catholic Feminism, and was associated with Inés Echeverría and Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux.

Larraín is considered by Gabriel Salazar and Julio Pinto to have been the "queen of the provincial salon". Salazar further assets that Larraín was one of the most recognized voices of the elite of her time, and that she “went furthest in reflecting on what the social and historical role of women should be at the beginning of the 20th century”.