Sor Juana was a Mexican nun, scholar and poet. She advocated for women’s education in the 1600s. Women during this time did not have as many opportunities as men did not only in education but also in equal work pay, politics and overall rights. Many men did not believe women had virtue, therefore, they denied them the right to be educated, vote and be separated from men. Sor Juana wanted to make a difference in the world for women, so she became self educated with the support of the Viceroy family, the family she was a slave for. Sor Juana also educated young women on the plantation. She assembled the largest library in the western hemisphere. To support her ideas, Sor Juana looked to the Bible to prove that women are virtuous and have the
