  Juana Inés de la Cruz was one among many feminist writers who advocated for social and cultural changes, including the role of women. Teresa Margarida da Silva e Orta of Brazil (1711–1793) was the first woman in the Portuguese-speaking world to publish a novel and the first Brazilian-born person to edit a book in Europe. She advocated for the autonomy of the Indigenous and the rights of women in science (Gargallo 2004: 80). Flora Tristán of Perú (1803–1844) argued for women’s equality and its important relationship to workers’ rights (Gargallo 2004: 80). Argentinian abolitionist Juana Manso (1819–1875) detailed education and philosophical instruction as a route to the moral and intellectual emancipation of women. This position was taken up at the end of the century by figures like Rita Cetina Gutiérrez of Mexico (1846–1908) and Visitación Padilla of Honduras (1882–1960) (Gargallo 2009: 418). Cetina Gutiérrez founded La Siempreviva in Mérida, Mexico’s first secular school for poor girls and an art college for young women. She is cited as one of Mexico’s first feminists who promoted secular education of women and fought for their self-determination. Padilla founded the Sociedad Cultural Feminina, which promoted access to education, especially for women.