Maria Quitéria
Initially disguised as a man, Brazilian soldier Maria Quitéria de Jesus served in the Brazilian War of Independence against the Portuguese from October 1822 to 1824.
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Carolina Muzzilli
Despite dying from tuberculosis when she was just 27, Argentine industrial researcher and social/political activist Carolina Muzzilli improved conditions in work sites in her short life.
Aída Abella Esquivel
Colombian politician
Conchita Fabet
Mexican poet whose poems were included in an anthology of poets from Sonora.
Dolores del Río
Mexican actress Dolores del Río is considered the first Latin American woman to become a major film star, with a career that lasted from the 1920s Hollywood silent films into the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the ‘40s and ‘50s and later expanding into television and theater.
Gabriela Brimmer
Mexican writer and disability rights activist
María Teresa Ferrari
Argentine educator, physician, and women’s rights activist María Teresa Ferrari was the first woman to become a university professor in Latin America. She also did groundbreaking research advancing women’s health.
Dr Tania Favela
Mexican poet, essayist, translator, editor, and teacher
Teresa Farías de Isasi
Mexican poet and playwright who wrote comedies and was a polyglot
Ana María de López Tena
Mexican poet, author of four books and the founder and president of the Salvatierra chapter of the Mexican Cultural Seminar (SCM)