Woman of Genius: The Intellectual Autobiography of Sor Juana de la Cruz

A major declaration of women's intellectual freedom written by a Mexican nun in 1691 and published in Spain in 1701 after her death. This is the first English-language translation, first published in 1982 by a small New England press. The volume is bi-lingual, with the English translation and the original Spanish text on facing pages. Sor Juana today is one of the folklore heroines of Latin America.