Lily Sosa de Newton
Lily Sosa de Newton (October 24, 1920 — May 14, 2017) was an Argentine historian, biographer and essayist. She was a pioneer in historical research on relevant Argentine women in different fields. She also wrote numerous biographies of historical figures.<ref name="cla">{{cite web|url=http://edant.clarin.com/diario/1998/05/04/e-05702d.htm|title=Una vida dedicada a la investigación]|date=1998-04-05|access-date=2019-03-28|language=es|trans-title=RETIRED: LILY SOSA DE NEWTON, HISTORIAN, BIOGRAPHY AND ASSISTANT}}</ref> First Years She was born on October 24, 1920, in Morón Province of Buenos Aires, a few kilometres from the capital. It was there where her paternal and maternal grandparents lived and where her parents had married. She had an older brother and a younger sister. Then they moved to the city of Buenos Aires, where she studied, first in the Liceo No. 1 and then as a teacher in the 'colegio de Adoratrices'. In 1938 she met Jorge Newton, journalist and writer. Later on she married this renowned Argentine historian, who urged her to investigate and write. They wrote together some titles in co-authorship, both books and newspaper articles. In 1941, newly married, they went to live in Santa Fe because her husband had been appointed editor of a new newspaper, Santa Fe de Hoy. They lived there for three years. Career Lily Sosa