Julia de Burgos

Julia Constanza Burgos García, known as Julia de Burgos, was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist, Puerto Rican independence advocate, and teacher. As an advocate of Puerto Rican independence, she served as Secretary General of the Daughters of Freedom, the women's branch of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. She was also a civil rights activist for women and African and Afro-Caribbean writers.

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