Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz

Juana Ines de Asbaje and Ramirez de Santillana (1651-Mexico City-1695), was a nun, and writer of the Baroque in the Golden Age. She  cultivated lyrical poetry, drama and prose. In 1667 she joined a convent with the objective to study literature and she had decided that she wouldn’t marry. Sister Juana's work is dramatic and religious themes. She died of an epidemic on April 17, 1695.

Sister Juana de la Cruz was a liberal woman of his time. When she was little found her grandfather's library and she began to read. She learned all that was known in his time, she read Greek and Roman classics, and theology. She wanted to know so much, so she tried to convince her mother to take her at University. The traditions of that time didn’t allow women to study at university. She disguised as a man to study at University.