TY - BOOK AU - Norma Valle-Ferrer AU - Gloria Waldman PY - 2021 CY - New York, United States of America PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 1074-6773 TI - Luisa Capetillo, Pioneer Puerto Rican Feminist T2 - With the collaboration of students from the Graduate Program in Translation, The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Spring 1991 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1101959 N2 - Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922) was a pioneer in the struggle for women’s and workers’ rights. A feminist and an anarchist, she earned her living as a labor leader and journalist. She wrote brilliant theoretical essays and published four books, including several plays. Ahead of her time, she espoused vegetarianism, a daily regime of Swedish calisthenics, and was the first woman in the Caribbean to wear pants in public. Her life can be read as a dramatic novel, every day an intense ode to personal and political liberation. This biography, the only in-depth historical account of her life and work, rescued her from oblivion and made her a popular icon throughout Latin America. This edition, the first available in English, brings Capetillo’s inspiring story to a broader audience. KW - Biographie, modernity, Capetillo, Luisa LA - English ER -