About Iris Cabral
Lived 1915 – 1936 (aged 20). Iris Cabral was an Uruguayan writer and journalist.
Iris Cabral (1906 – June 1936) was an Afro-Uruguayan feminist and labor activist.
Life Cabral organized the first domestic workers' union in Uruguay. In the 1930s she and Clementina Silva founded the first Anti-Fascist Committee of Uruguay. She and Maruja Pereyra were the "most visible, militant and outspoken" contributors to the Afro-Uruguayan paper Nuestra Raza after it was restarted in 1933. Both Cabral and Pereyra participated in the April 1936 National Congress of Women. However, Cabral died young in June 1936.
Legacy Pereyra remembered Cabral in glowing terms:
In 2016 Cabral's memory was honoured by the legislature of Montevideo.
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Iris Cabral?
Afro-Uruguayan journalist, political and social activist
When was Iris Cabral born?
Iris Cabral was born on 6 December 1915 in Rocha, Rocha Department.
When did Iris Cabral die?
Iris Cabral died on 31 May 1936 in Montevideo.
What was Iris Cabral's occupation?
Iris Cabral was a writer and journalist.
What nationality was Iris Cabral?
Iris Cabral was Uruguayan.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Iris Cabral. https://biography.guide/iris-cabral/
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