Profiles of Educators: Juana P. Manso (1819-1975)

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Juana Paula Manso, who was born in Buenos Aires on 26 June 1819 and died on 24 April 1875 in the same city, was a writer, translator, journalist, teacher and precursor of feminism in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. In 1840 she moved with her family to Montevideo (Uruguay), exiled under the regime of Juan Manuel de Rosas, who was governing the territory of the United Provinces of the River Plate. As part of the Romantic Movement and the rationalist thinking of the period, Manso understood that mankind never went backwards; progress was its inevitable destiny In line with the ideas of Enlightenment and with Rousseau?s reflections on the importance of education, she wanted to abolish slavery and racism. Thus, she opposed prejudice and intolerance, which included tensions with regard to the eradication of the Indians ? a current practice at that time. The presence of Juana Manso in the River Plate culture can be analyzed through her writing and the dissemination of ideas, her concerns with the emancipation of womenm her search for an education that from an early age would employ teaching practices free of dogmatic or moral constraints, and that would emancipate thinking rather than mould it according to social conventions. This article analyzes these aspects and the teaching practices that each one fostered. Información suministrada por el agente en SIGEVA