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Julia De Burgos
Julia De Burgos
The contradictions and complexity of the human being, in constant social interaction, dynamic and conflicting, are some of the themes present in this writer’s poetry.
  • EnciclopediaPR
  • Literature
  • 24/06/2021
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Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno
The only Latina woman to win the four most important prizes in the U.S. entertainment industry: an Oscar, a Grammy, an Emmy and the Antoinette Perry Award for excellence in theater.
  • EnciclopediaPR
  • Diaspora
  • 22/06/2021
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Women in the needlework industry and gender relations
Women in the needlework industry and gender relations
At the end of the 1940s, Puerto Rico began a process called Operation Bootstrap in coordination with U.S. capital interests.
  • EnciclopediaPR
  • Economy
  • 01/06/2021
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Esmeralda Santiago
Esmeralda Santiago
The publication of her autobiographical memoir When I was Puerto Rican (1993) immediately gained Esmeralda Santiago critical attention as a talented and deliberate narrator of women’s oppressive experiences in a sexist cultural and social environment.
  • EnciclopediaPR
  • Diaspora
  • 20/05/2021
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HumanitiesPR: Recent Projects
Objetos con historia: la Colección Teodoro Vidal Santoni
  • 04/05/2021

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