The journalistic articles by and for women in Ecuador nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century

Abstract

The historiographic issue of women in Ecuador has not been a major topic in the political, educational and much less journalistic work, although their actions have constituted micro processes, which we consider enlightening of the facts and historical events of the country, for this reason it is necessary to search for information about them in the journalistic notes of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, but the findings in the newspapers of the time only speak of the struggle of political powers, published as news; There are also stories, poems and tales, written by men and some women who, from the underground, preferred to sign their ideas with pseudonyms. This research was able to gather information from the main newspapers that circulated in the aforementioned stages and tell of the presence or exclusion of women as protagonists of the news in all its forms.