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Nela Martínez | |
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| Born | 24 November 1912 Cañar, Ecuador |
| Died | 30 July 2004 Havana, Cuba |
| Nationality | Ecuadorian |
Nela Martínez Espinosa (24 November 1912 – 30 July 2004) was an Ecuadorian communist.[1]
Early life
Martínez was born in a very religious landowning family in 1912. As a child, she became close to indigenous peasants who worked on her father's estate. She entered a Catholic boarding school at age 12 where she read revolutionary texts by José Carlos Mariátegui and returned to her hometown in 1927.[1]
Political career
In 1930, Martínez visited Guayaquil with her mother and met Joaquín Gallegos Lara, a member of the Communist Party of Ecuador. In 1933, she moved to Ambato, became a teacher, and joined the Communist Party. She married Gallegos in 1934, and they both moved to Quito in 1935. Martínez helped found the Ecuadorian Indigenous Foundation in 1944, the first nationwide indigenous organization in Ecuador.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nela Martínez Espinosa (1912–2004) Women of Struggle, Women in Struggle" (2022-03-30). Tricontinental. Archived from the original on 2022-11-26. Retrieved 2023-02-10.