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Ofelia Uribe de Acosta

Ofelia Uribe de Acosta

Colombian suffragist (1900–1988)

Ofelia Uribe de Acosta (1900 – 1988) was a Colombian suffragist.

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Acosta was born on December 22, 1900, in Oiba, Santander.[1]

In 1930, Ofelia presented at the Fourth International Conference for Women to advocate for rights for married women.[2][3][4] Women were not allowed to vote or create contracts.[5] Married women were under the protection of their spouses and their possessions went to their husbands.[5][3]

In 1944 and 1955 respectively, she founded, edited, directed and distributed two political newspapers, the first called Agitacion Femenina (Feminist Movement) and the second called Verdad (Truth).[6]

In 1963 she published the book Una voz insurgente (An Insurgent Voice).

Acosta died on August 4, 1988, in Bogota.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Magdala, Velásquez Toro. "Ofelia Uribe de Acosta | banrepcultural.org". www.banrepcultural.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  2. [2]
    "Biografia de Ofelia Uribe de Acosta". www.biografiasyvidas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  3. [3]
    "La Red Cultural del Banco de la República". www.banrepcultural.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  4. [4]
    Blanco Ruiz, Wilma Nury (January 2015). "Ofelia Uribe de Acosta: Crítica a la educación colombiana" (PDF). Revista Historia de la Educación Latinoamericana. 17 (24). Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia: 17–34. doi:10.19053/01227238.3299 – via Directory of Open Access Journals.
  5. [5]
    Quiñónez, Elizabeth (January 2015). "Ofelia Uribe. Insurgencia de la subjetividad y la ciudadanía de las mujeres". Revista Historia de la Educación Latinoamericana. 17 (24). Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia: 263–265. doi:10.19053/01227238.3333 – via Directory of Open Access Journals.
  6. [6]
    Bergmann, Emilie L. (1990). Women, culture, and politics in Latin America. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0520909070.


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