María Luisa Dolz

María Luisa Dolz y Arango (4 October 1854 – 27 May 1928) was a Cuban writer, essayist, educator, and feminist activist.

Life and work The daughter of Juan Norberto Dolz and María de la Luz Arango, María Luisa Dolz became an elementary school teacher in 1876 and a higher primary school teacher in 1877. She went on to earn a bachelor's degree in 1888, and graduated with a licentiate in Natural Sciences on 16 October 1890. In 1899 she completed her doctorate in the same specialty at the University of Havana, becoming the first woman to attain that degree in Cuba. The school was later renamed Colegio María Luisa Dolz in her honor. and undertook the defense of women's rights, specifically the right to education.