Panamanian feminist, lawyer, judge, and activist Clara González became the first Panamanian woman to earn her Bachelor of Law Degree in 1922, the same year she established the Partido Nacional Feminista (PNF, National Feminist Party) to campaign for women’s rights and suffrage.
Diana Morán Garay dedicated herself to literary and poetry criticism.
Gloria Guardia is the author of several novels, including El último juego (The Final Game) (1977), Libertad en llamas (Freedom in Flames) (1999), and El jardín de las cenizas (The Garden of Ashes) (2011).
Amelia Denis de Icaza was a prominent Panamanian Romantic poet, and the first known woman to publish her verses in modern Panama.
First lady of Panama from 1908 to 1910