Elvira López

Elvira V. López (1871–1956) was an Argentine feminist, activist, reformer and author.

Along with her sister, Ernestina López de Nelson, she studied philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires. In her thesis key concepts include female education, work, and family. the thesis reviewed the development of feminism in the United States, Canada, Africa, India and Argentina. A final chapter reviewed international feminist congresses. constitutes the metaphor(maeta) of what her body represents and the stigma around the discourse during that time.

Works El movimiento feminista. Tesis presentada para optar por el grado de Doctora en Filosofía y Letras, Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Imprenta Mariano Moreno, 1901. Republished as El movimiento feminista: Primeros trazos del feminismo en Argentina, Buenos Aires: Ediciones Biblioteca Nacional, 2009. 'La mujer en la Argentina: Costumbres, educación profesiones a que se dedica, datos estadísticos, legislación, etc.', Revista del Consejo Nacional de Mujeres, Vol. 2, No. 6 (June 1902) 'Mujeres en las fábricas', La Prensa, 31 May 1918