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María Bibiana Benítez Batista

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María Bibiana Benítez Batista

Birth
Aguadilla Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Death
18 Apr 1873 (aged 89)
San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Burial
San Juan, San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA Add to Map
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First female poet of Puerto Rico. Daughter of Lieutenant José Benítez and Juana Bautista Constanza. Her father was subdelegate for the Hacienda in Ponce during the English Invasion of 1797. Raised an orphaned niece who followed her steps as a poet: Alejandrina Benítez De Arce

Source: "Mujeres de Puerto Rico", by Ángela Negrón Muñoz, 1935, pgs. 24-25.
First female poet of Puerto Rico. Daughter of Lieutenant José Benítez and Juana Bautista Constanza. Her father was subdelegate for the Hacienda in Ponce during the English Invasion of 1797. Raised an orphaned niece who followed her steps as a poet: Alejandrina Benítez De Arce

Source: "Mujeres de Puerto Rico", by Ángela Negrón Muñoz, 1935, pgs. 24-25.


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