Mercedes Sola

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Mercedes Sola
Born1879
Caguas, Puerto Rico
DiedOctober 27, 1923
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Mercedes Solá Rodríguez (1879–1923) was a Puerto Rican writer, educator, and activist for the rights of women.[1] Along with Isabel Andreu de Aguilar (1887–1948) and Ana Roque de Duprey (1853–1933), Sola was a feminist recognized in 1917 for the founding of the . Sola, and Ana Roque de Duprey, along with others, brought about the passage of the country's suffrage bill.[2] She was one of the main architects of the suffragette campaign in Puerto Rico from the 1920s, and was a leader of the . In 1922, she published Feminismo, in which she demanded the woman's right to vote in the society of his country; it is considered a landmark text in contemporary feminism.[2] She was also co-founder of the feminist magazine Women of the Twentieth Century, which aimed at defending the rights of women.

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  1. ^ Arce de Vázquez, Margot; Albert Robatto, Matilde; Vaquero de Ramírez, María T.; Roy-Féquière, Magali; Dávila, Arturo (2001). Puerto Rico: lengua, educación, reforma universitaria, política, cultura y religión. La Editorial, UPR. p. 783. ISBN 978-084-770-402-6.
  2. ^ a b Mankiller, Wilma P.; Mink, Gwendolyn; Navarro, Marysa; Gloria Steinem; Barbara Smith (October 1999). The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 216–. ISBN 0-618-00182-4.
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