María de la Ossa de Amador, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

María de la Ossa de Amador

First Lady of Panama

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1855

Place of Birth: Sahagún, Córdoba, Córdoba Department, Colombia

Date of Death: 05-Jul-1948

Profession: First Lady

Nationality: Panama

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

María de la Ossa de Amador (2 March 1855 – 5 July 1948) was the inaugural First Lady of Panama serving from February 1904 to October 1908.
She was one of the creators of the original Panamanian flag and one of the separatists who fought for Panamanian independence from Colombia.
She is known as the "Mother of the Nation" and in the corregimiento Parque Lefevre a school was named in her honor.
In 1953, for the nation's 50th anniversary, a stamp bearing the likeness of she and her husband was issued by the government of Panama.