Alicia Moreau de Justo

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 Alicia Moreau de Justo


Born in London in 1885

She was a physician, educator, politician, intellectual, defender of human and women's rights, one of the most prominent female figures in the country in the xx

Her father, of French origin, intervened in the Paris Commune in 1871, which led to the exile of the family, who after traveling through several European countries settled in Argentina in 1890.

In her youth she dedicated herself to the feminist cause. In 1906, she participated in the National Congress of Free Thought, where she met Juan B. Justo, and the following year she took part in the Feminist Congress of the Committee for Women's Suffrage. In 1910 she was one of the organizers of the First International Feminist Congress.


In 1907 she entered the Faculty of Medicine, graduating in 1914, with a diploma of honor. She was the second woman physician in the country; she specialized in women's diseases, ran a free clinic and taught at the University of La Plata. At the same time, she collaborated as a journalist in the Revista Socialista Internacional. In 1918 she founded the National Feminist Union and, later, created the Women's Committee of Social Hygiene to combat prostitution. In 1921 she joined the Socialist Party. She soon became a member of the party's Board of Directors and promoted the formation of women's groups and libraries. In 1932 she prepared a bill on women's suffrage, which was approved in the Chamber of Deputies and rejected by the Senate. She participated in the campaign in favor of the Spanish Republic.



She was an opponent of Peronism, and in 1953 she was imprisoned along with other political leaders. In 1955 she was appointed member of the Advisory Board created by the government that overthrew Perón. At that time, together with Alfredo Palacios, she headed a renewal of the Socialist Party, and in 1958 she was appointed director of La Vanguardia.

In 1975 she was involved in the foundation of the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights, of which she became co-president and in that capacity received the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which in 1979 arrived in the country to investigate human rights violations. In 1985 she was declared Illustrious Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires. She died in Buenos Aires in 1986.

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