Description:
(Journalist) Manuela de la Santa Cruz y Espejo was an Ecuadorian journalist, nurse, feminist, and revolutionary. She worked as a nurse, caring for her sick siblings and those affected by yellow fever in Quito. She also wrote for a Quito newspaper under the pseudonym "Erophilia," defending her brothers against accusations and advocating for the rights of women and the impoverished. Additionally, she published manifestos calling for better treatment of women and marginalized groups in society.
