This female scholar, poet, composer, dramatist, and champion of women's rights would be a towering figure in any century. In 17th Century Mexico, however, the Church tried to shut her up and shut her down. Not to worry. Although this dynamic spirit lost that point of argument, she won the debate. Today she is celebrated as the first great poet of Latin America and the first known feminist writer in the New World.
History's “Worst” Nun - a short video on the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Feminist Poet of New Spain. - an analysis of one of her feminist poems, “Hombres necios que acusáis” (“You Foolish Men”).