Josefina Pelliza de Sagasta

Josefina Pelliza de Sagasta (born 4 April 1848, Concordia – 18 August 1888, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine poet, journalist, and writer.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pelliza and the second or maternal family name is de Sagasta.
Josefina Pelliza de Sagasta
Born4 April 1848
Concordia, Entre Ríos
DiedAugust 18, 1888(1888-08-18) (aged 40)
Buenos Aires
NationalityArgentina
OccupationPoet and journalist
Known forOne of the first female Argentine poets

Work

Pelliza was one of the first women poets in Argentina.[1] Her best known poems are Pasionarias and Lirios silvestres, and her most popular novellas are Margarita, La Chiriguana, and El César. She worked as director of La Alborada del Plata magazine,[2] which she used to demand social reform and make criticisms. She persistently advocated for women's rights,[3] but maintained that women should be valued for their traditional roles in family and society.[4] Pelliza believed that women were divine in nature because of their ability to create life and that involvement of women in the economy and higher education was immoral and unfit for women.[5]

Citations
  1. "SON CUARENTA POETAS NACIDAS ENTRE LOS AÑOS 1800 Y 1901". Clarín (in Spanish). 9 December 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. Roffé, Reina. "Periodistas y viajeras en los años de la independencia argentina". Centro Virtual Cervantes (in Spanish).
  3. "JOSEFINA PELLIZA DE SAGASTA". autoresdeconcordia.com (in Spanish). Autores de Concordia. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. ""Ni Dios ni patrón ni marido"". MDZ Online (in Spanish). 8 June 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. "The Emancipation of Women". Journal of Women's History. Johns Hopkins University Press. 7: 102. 1995.
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