Juana Ross Edwards

Juana Ross Edwards (August 2, 1830 – June 25, 1913) was a Chilean philanthropist. She built and maintained three hospitals, six nursing homes, a hospice, an orphanage, and countless schools. Early life Juana Ross Edwards was born in La Serena, Chile, August 2, 1830. She was the daughter of Scottish Consul David Ross Gillespie and Carmen Edwards Ossandón. Raised within the Edwards family, she spent her childhood with her nine siblings, among whom was Agustín Ross Edwards, politician and diplomat, who would be her executor. Marriage and children On April 6, 1851 he married Agustín Edwards Ossandón, her uncle and founder of the Banco Edwards Citi, with whom she had seven children: Juan, Juana, Adela, Arturo, Gustavo, Agustín, Ricardo and Arturo Maximiano, all of whom died before her. Ross Edwards and her husband believed saving was a virtue. Being the richest man in Chile, Edwards Ossandón was the only one of the Chilean millionaires of the time who did not build a palace in Santiago, nor acquire a great hacienda, or take a pleasure trip to Europe.