In 1906, Burgos became the first professional journalist in Spain in the capacity as editor of Madrid's Diario Universal.[6] She served as the first president of the International League of Iberian and Latin American Women (Liga Internacional de Mujeres Ibéricas e Hispanoamericanas).[6] During the dictatorship of General Franco Burgos was written out of the history books in Spain.[2] Following the restoration of democracy she was again recognised and replaced into the history of women's rights in Spain.[2]