Victoria Torni

Conrada Victoria Torni Carpani de Farrell (1 January 1893 – 16 August 1977), commonly known as Victoria Torni, was an Argentine schoolteacher and socialite who served as the First Lady of Argentina between 1944 and 1946 as the wife of de facto President Edelmiro Farrell.

Biography Torni was born in 1893 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, the daughter of Italian immigrant Atilio Nicodemo Torni and French immigrant María Magdalena Carpani. In Rosario, Torni studied teaching at a national public school and became fluent in the French language.

In 1914, Torni met Edelmiro Farrell, a member of the Argentine Army who shared her interests in literature and music. They got engaged that same year and maintained a long-distance relationship for five years, as Farrell moved frequently due to military assignments in different parts of the country. Torni and Farrell exchanged letters and parcels during those years. Torni's parents, aware of the womanizer label attributed to Farrell in Zárate, put strict conditions on their relationship, including parental oversight when Farrell visited Torni's home.

Torni died in Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza Province, on 16 August 1977, at the age of 84. After her death, the family brought her remains to Buenos Aires and buried her in the Torni family's vault in La Chacarita Cemetery.