María Abella facts for kids
María Abella de Ramírez (28 September 1863 – 5 August 1926) was an Uruguayan feminist, noted for her role in establishing Uruguayan and Argentine women's groups in the early 1900s.
Abella published a journal, We Women (Nosotras), and was a contributor to the National Feminist League journal The New Woman.
Life
Involved in the Argentine freethinking movement, in 1903 Abella supported the creation of a feminist center to facilitate discussions, later explaining her “minimum plan of female vindications” at the 1906 Freethinker Congress, arguing for equal opportunities and pay for women. She also campaigned for female divorce rights while facing opposition from the Roman Catholic Church. In 1907, Abella's campaign for women's rights, particularly her argument that marriage is a union of separate bodies, helped pass new divorce laws in Uruguay and set a new legal precedent throughout early 20th-century Latin America.
In 1909, Abella founded the National League of Women Freethinkers with Dr. Julieta Lanteri, and in 1910 Abella founded the National Women's League in La Plata, Argentina. This organisation supported women's suffrage, and was aligned with the International Woman Suffrage Alliance.
See also
In Spanish: María Abella para niños
