Laura Sofía Allende Gossens (3 September 1911 – 23 May 1981) was a Chilean politician and member of the Allende family.
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Early life and education
Allende was born on 3 September 1911 in Valparaíso, the youngest daughter of Salvador Allende Castro and Laura Gossens Uribe. Through her father, Allende was a member of the Allende family, a prominent Chilean political family. Allende's older brother was the Doctor and Chilean President, Salvador Allende.
Educated at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Valparaíso-Viña del Mar and the Liceo de Viña del Mar, Allende studied law at the La Universidad de Chile en Valparaíso (present-day University of Valparaíso). While at the university Allende joined The Socialist Youth of Chile, the youth wing of Socialist Party of Chile.
Family
Allende married Gastón Pascal Lyon (1909–1993) and had four children, Pedro Gastón, Marianne, the Socialist Party of Chile politician Denise Pascal, and Andrés Pascal Allende the co-founder and secretary general of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR).