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About Sofía Matilde Joy Redman
- SofÍa Matilde Joy Redman (October 7, 1823 – January 14, 1908) was the First Lady of Costa Rica, 1859-1863. She was born in London, England to William Joy and Mary Redman.
- In 1823, SofÍa was baptized after she and her family proclaimed their faith to the Anglican religion.
- She and her brothers moved to Costa Rica where she became a teacher.
- While she was teaching, she was hired by José María Montealegre who would later become her husband.
- Since Jose was both a Catholic and a widow, their relationship was frowned upon which made it very difficult for them to be together.
- Eventually, she married Jose in January 1858.
- They had three children together.
- They were Eduardo Jose Guillermo Montealegre Joy (born 1858); Josefina Carolina "Jessey" Montealegre Joy (born 1860); and Carolina Sofia (born 1861).Not long after they were married, there was a military coup on August 14, 1859 which overthrew President Juanito Mora.
- SofÍa's husband Jose was chosen to be the new interim President.
- Due to another outbreak of political disturbances in Costa Rica, SofÍa along with her husband and three children fled to the United States for safety.
- They resided in San Francisco, California until SofÍa's husband died of a heart attack and the earthquake of 1906 happened.
- After the earthquake happened, SofÍa moved her family to Berkeley which is where they stayed for the rest of her life.
- SofÍa died in 1908.
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