292:, who called her "Leila" in his verses, and with whom she had a daughter Margarita Aurora, who died prematurely at the age of four. This event caused the lovers to distance themselves. It has been said that her nickname, the "Baroness of Wilson", came from her first husband, the Baron of Wilson, who she was widowed by two years after getting married, and to whom she attributed the paternity of her daughter. However, there is no evidence of such a relationship or even that Serrano ever married a Baron or the Catalan doctor Antonio García Tornel, whom she supposedly married in 1874. What is proven is that one of her great hobbies consisted of fantasizing about her family origins and hiding her past, and in feeding her character. "She became a writer for mothers, and a writer to educate young people, young ladies. That is why she needed to create a moral and impeccable biography. How are you going to educate future mothers, marriageable young women, and how are you going to get them into religious schools with your books? She uses social rules to her advantage, without giving up the freedom she wants for her life. She is very modern and performative," says Fernández (2023), who also points out that, although the Baroness was a complex and paradoxical character, her feminist legacy is beyond doubt.
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