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Domitila García de Coronado

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Language
  
Spanish

Genre
  
Essay

Died
  
1938, Havana, Cuba

Nationality
  
Cuban

Spouse
  
Tomás Coronado

Born
  
Domitila García Doménico 7 May 1847 Camagüey, Cuba (
1847-05-07
)

Occupation
  
Writer Journalist Professor

Notable work
  
Álbum poético fotográfico de escritoras cubanas.

Domitila García Doménico de Coronado (7 May 1847 – 1938) was a Cuban writer, journalist, editor, and professor, considered to be the first women to practice journalism in her country.

On 17 May 1891 she founded the Academy of Women Typographers. She founded and edited various publications, including the journals La Antorcha and El Céfiro together with Sofía Estevez (1848–1901). Besides these, she was editor of La Mujer, together with Aída Peláez de Villa Urrutia and Isabel Margarita Ordetx. She also published the first anthology of Cuban women writers in 1868, titled Álbum poético fotográfico de escritoras cubanas (Poetic photo album of Cuban women writers).

References

Domitila García de Coronado Wikipedia