Luisa Capetillo

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Luisa Capetillo


Born
in Arecibo , Puerto Rico
October 28, 1879

Died
October 10, 1922

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Luisa Capetillo was one of Puerto Rico's most famous labor organizers. She was also a writer and an anarchist who fought for workers and women's rights. ...more

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“Do not buy finery or jewels, because books are worth more than they are. Adorn your understanding with their precious ideas, because there is no luxury that dazzles like the luxury of science.”
Luisa Capetillo

“Grande y digno ejemplo darías tú, oh mujer! rompiendo las tradicionales costumbres, injustas y tiranas, símbolos de la ignorancia para establecer el reinado de la Libertad, Igualdad y Fraternidad, símbolos de la verdad y la justicia!”
Luisa Capetillo

“There is nothing more harmful to the success of an endeavor than timidity and doubt. This type of cowardice that I believe only the lazy possess. I do not believe anything to be impossible; nor am I amazed by any invention or discovery, which is why I do not find any idea utopian. What is essential is that the idea be
put into practice. Begin! The rest is weakness and an erroneous concept of human power.
Wanting is doing!”
Luisa Capetillo, A Nation Of Women: An Early Feminist Speaks Out / Mi opinión sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer