Lucila Rubio de Laverde facts for kids
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Lucila Rubio de Laverde
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Lucila Rubio during her 1944 testimony for the right to vote
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| Born | 1908 Facatativá, Colombia
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| Died | 1970 (aged 61–62) |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Other names | Lucila Rubio, Lucila Rubio Angulo de Laverde |
| Occupation | Educator, Suffragist |
| Spouse(s) | Eduardo Laverde |
Lucila Rubio de Laverde (1908-1970) was an important Colombian leader who fought for women's rights. She was a socialist, meaning she believed in fairness and equal opportunities for everyone in society. Lucila was also a leading suffragette, which means she worked hard to get women the right to vote. She was a teacher and the first woman to officially ask the President of Colombia to let women vote.
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Lucila's Early Life and Activism
Lucila Rubio was born in Facatativá, a city in Colombia. She started working for change in the 1930s. Back then, she focused on making sure women had fair economic rights. This included pushing for laws that would allow women to have agreements about their money before marriage. She also supported women living together without being married and spoke out against how the Church treated women.
Fighting for Women's Right to Vote
By the 1940s, Lucila became one of the most important leaders in Colombia's women's rights movement. She was a key figure in the fight for women's suffrage (the right to vote).
She helped start two very important groups:
- The Unión Femenina de Colombia (Women's Union of Colombia or UFC) in 1944. This group became very influential. It spread to other cities and worked to get women the right to vote, improve their reading and writing skills, and ensure they had full citizen rights.
- The Alianza Femenina de Colombia (Women's Alliance of Colombia), also started in 1944.
Lucila Rubio de Laverde was the president of both these organizations. In 1944, the UFC gathered more than 500 signatures from people who wanted women to vote. Lucila personally gave these signatures to President Alfonso López Pumarejo, strongly demanding that women be allowed to vote.
Sharing Her Ideas and Teaching
Lucila also used her writing skills to spread her message. From 1944 to 1946, she wrote for a newspaper called Agitación Femenina. She wrote about social problems in Colombia from a woman's point of view. She also wrote for other newspapers and magazines like Pax et Libertas, Verdad, and Dominical.
Lucila was also dedicated to education. She founded a school called College Froevel, which operated for eight years. She also gave talks at different schools, including the School of Social Service and the Women's Institute of the Free University.
Attending Important Meetings
Lucila traveled to many conferences to discuss women's rights and peace.
- In Colombia, she attended suffrage conferences in 1945 and 1946. At these meetings, she told women that they should not just stay at home. She believed they should be active citizens and take part in society.
- In 1947, she went to the Primer Congreso Interamericano de Mujeres (First Inter-American Congress of Women) in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She even led the final meeting where important decisions were made.
- She also attended the Second Congress of Women of the Americas.
- In 1960, she went to the International Council of Women's meeting in Warsaw.
- In 1962, she attended the 15th Congress of the League of Peace and Freedom in San Francisco. There, she joined discussions about stopping nuclear weapons testing.
- In 1963, Lucila took part in a special event called Women for Peace, traveling to Rome and Geneva.
Lucila Rubio was married to Eduardo Laverde, who was a writer.
See also
In Spanish: Lucila Rubio de Laverde para niños
