Today, every child has a right to education, regardless of gender. However, there was a time when women were not allowed this right. One of the earliest people who fought for this right was Juana Ramírez de Asbaje of Mexico.

Juana grew up in mid-seventeenth-century Mexico at a time when women were denied higher education. She joined the church as a nun and became Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz to fulfill her dream of attaining intellectual independence. Sor is the Spanish word for nun. A nun is a woman who belongs to a religious order. Nuns often use the title Sister to convey that they are part of the church family but not the head of it.

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​Juana Ramírez de Asbaje
1651-1695

​"History's Worst Nun"

Poetry Review

The wind whispered throughout the
trees.