First Puerto Rican Woman To Become Member of The Public Library
In 1872, she married Luis Duprey, a well-to-do landowner who was involved in politics thus, she developed an interest in the political situation of Puerto Rico. With Duprey, she had five children however, only three survived, Luis Enrique, Borinquen and America. The family moved to San Juan where she became the first woman to be permitted into the Puerto Rican Athenaeum and the first woman to become member of the Public Library. During her spare time she composed music, though things changed in 1880 when her husband died.
Read more about this topic: Ana Roque De Duprey
Famous quotes containing the words woman, member, public and/or library:
“She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“In song and dance man expresses himself as a member of a higher community: he has forgotten how to walk and speak and is on the way toward flying up into the air, dancing.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Yes; the public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. They are of two kinds: the library of published material, books, pamphlets, periodicals, and the archive of unpublished papers and documents.”
—Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989)