Ofelia Hooper

Ofelia Hooper Polo (13 November 1900, in Las Minas, Panama – 23 September 1981) was a Panamanian Sociologist, poet, professor, researcher, and civil rights activist.[1][2]

Ofelia Hooper Polo
Born(1900-11-13)13 November 1900
Las Minas, Panama
Died23 September 1981(1981-09-23) (aged 80)
Panama
NationalityPanamanian
CitizenshipPanamanian
Alma materUniversidad de Panamá
OccupationSociologist, poet, professor, researcher, and activist
Known forSociology
Parent(s)Maurice Hooper and Olimpia Polo Valdés

She was the daughter of Maurice Hooper and Olimpia Polo Valdés.[1] She worked at several print media in Panama, including La Antena (1931) and the Frontera (1937); she also edited Primicias in 1927.[1] Together with Eda Nela, she was one of the first proponents of the avant-garde in Panamanian poetry.[3]

She was one of the pioneers of the field of Sociology in Panama, together with Demetrio Porras (1898–1972) and Georgina Jiménez de López (1904–1994).[4][5] She was also a pioneering researcher of Agriculture in Panama.[1]

Works
  • Aspects of rural social life in Panama (Spanish: Aspectos de la vida social rural de Panamá) (1945)
  • Sketch of the rural Panamanian man (Spanish: Semblanza del hombre rural de Panamá) (1969)

References
  1. "Ofelia Hooper". En caribe: Enciclopedia de historia y cultura del Carible (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  2. Conte Porras, Jorge (1990). Requiem por la Revolución (in Spanish). p. 636.
  3. del Saz, Agustín (1974). Antología general de la poesía panameña (siglos XIX-XX) (in Spanish). Editorial Bruguera. p. 604. ISBN 978-840-203-783-1.
  4. University of Panama Commission on the Centennial Anniversary of the Republic (2004). Panamá: Cien años de República (in Spanish). Manfer. p. 489. ISBN 978-996-260-839-4.
  5. Figueroa Navarro, Alfredo (1983). El Desarrollo de las ciencias sociales en Panamá (in Spanish). University of Panama. p. 535.
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