Rafaela Herrera
National heroine of Nicaragua who defended the Fortress of the Immaculate Conception against the British forces during the Battle for the Río San Juan de Nicaragua in 1762.
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Agripina Samper Agudelo
1800s Colombian poet and literary figure
María Cano
María de los Ángeles Cano Márquez was a pioneering Colombian poet, writer, and the country’s first female political leader. Known as the “Labor Flower,” she championed civil rights and workers’ rights, leading strikes and co-founding the Socialist Revolutionary Party.
Débora Arango
Débora Arango was one of Colombia’s most original and fearless 20th century artists.
Doris Salcedo
For decades, Colombian artist Doris Salcedo has been at the forefront of artmaking that seeks to provide space for mourning, grieving, and memory.
Neris Uriana
Neris Uriana was appointed the first female chief of the Wayuu tribe in La Guajira, Colombia, in 2005.
Manuela Beltrán
Colombian patriot
Francisca Josefa del Castillo
Spanish religious writer
Manuela Sanz de Santamaría
Colombian scholar and writer
Mercedes Abrego
Colombian independence heroine