Anabel Gomez's Page

      She was a devout Catholic nun, poet, scholar, and women's rights activist. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was one of the early advocates of a women's right to be educated. She studied in private at first, but then became recognized in New Spain for her excellence in science and literature. Respuesta a Sor Filotea was a letter that she wrote about how women had the right to education, but was under fire by the Archbishop of Mexico and…