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An 8 page paper which discusses Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz from a feminist perspective as she became a defender of women. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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poet and writer and she is considered to be "the first person on this continent to argue in writing for the rights of women to be educated" (Sor Juana Ines
de la Cruz, 2006). The following paper examines her from a feminist perspective, illustrating how she was a strong voice for women, a defender of women in a time when
they had little or no rights in society. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Sor Juana was born in 1648 in
a village known as San Miguel Mepantla which is located by Mexico City. "She is the illegitimate child of a Spanish Captain, Pedro Manuel de Asbaje and Isabe Ramirez. The
father, according to all accounts, is absent from her life" (Oregon State, 2006). She was baptized and deemed a "daughter of the Church" because her parents were not married (Oregon
State, 2006). When she was only three years of age she apparently went off to school with her sister and convinced the teacher to teach her how to read (Oregon
State, 2006). Her mother, who was illiterate, found out and stopped this activity (Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, 2006). At that point she began reading everything in her grandfathers
library (Oregon State, 2006). By the time she was six years of age she had read everything in his library (Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, 2006).
Her grandfather died and she was sent away to live with her aunt and uncle, who hired a Latin scholar for her education (Sor Juana
Ines de la Cruz, 2006). She quickly mastered all of his teachings and she still continued independently with her own education (Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, 2006). In her
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