Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante

Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (also known by her pseudonym Aspacia) (1889–1972) was an Ecuadorian writer, politician, suffragist, and feminist.[1]

Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante
Hipatia Cárdenas, 1938
Born(1889-03-23)March 23, 1889
Quito, Ecuador
DiedFebruary 9, 1972(1972-02-09) (aged 82)
Quito, Ecuador
NationalityEcuadorian
Other namesAspacia
OccupationWriter
SpouseJosé Rafael Bustamante[1]

Biography

Cárdenas was born in Quito on March 23, 1889 to politician and legal expert Alejandro Cárdenas and to Ana Navarro Nájera.[1]

Together with Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864-1969), Cárdenas was one of the pioneers fighting for women's suffrage in Ecuador. In 1929, she became the first female state councilor, and in 1932, she was the first female presidential candidate.[2]

She fought for the continued right for women's suffrage after controversy following the establishment of women's suffrage in 1929. In 1943, she published Gold, red and blue'; she also worked for El Día, El Comercio, and the magazine América.

Cárdenas died in Quito[1] on February 9, 1972.

References
  1. Perez Pimentel, Rodolfo. "Hipatia Cardenas de Bustamante". Diccionario Biografico de Ecuador. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. "Cárdenas de Bustamante Hipatía - Personajes Históricos". Enciclopedia Del Ecuador (in European Spanish). 22 February 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

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