Mexican poet, dramatist, scholar, and Roman Catholic nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (born c. 1651) is remembered as the first published feminist of the New World (the Americas) and stands as a national icon of Mexico, which commemorated her on the 200-peso bill. She is recognized for both her outstanding writing and her influential perspectives on women and scholarship.
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