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It narrates with sweet and simple language, at times filled with humor, the story of a young girl from
Dominican origins, but born and raised in Spain, who lives intense episodes in a tragedy-filled life that begins with her becoming an orphan, then suffering the pain of an adoption imposed on her,
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on April 15, 1895. She was born into a family of intellectuals who influenced and nurtured her own future as an intellectual. Mejía completed primary school at the all-women's academy, Salomé Ureña de Henríquez, and at the Liceo
Dominicano. While Mejía was still young, her family moved to Barcelona
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took office. Mejía and other members of the AFD led the group to closer ties with
Trujillo in hope of attaining women's suffrage, which Trujillo suspected would popularize his regime. The AFD thus began to openly support Trujillo and Mejía even referred to him as "el presidente feminista" or "the
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Mejía worked as a writer and director of the Museo
Nacional until her death on March 15, 1941. She produced various texts and held different positions of power throughout her life, but did not live to see the legal reforms for full civil and political rights for women in the Dominican Republic.
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was not achieved until ten years later in 1942. By this time, the AFD had been coopted as an organization in support of
Trujillo and some members of the AFD became known "damas trujillistas" or female supporters of Trujillo. The AFD was employed as a tool to normalize women's submissive role in
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Mejía presented various speeches and conferences. Her public entrance into the
Dominican feminist movement was the presentation of her speech, "Feminismo," in Santo Domingo in 1926. She also wrote the first history of Dominican literature in 1937 which was later published in 1939.
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to include women's suffrage. The results revealed that most women who voted, including Mejía, wanted to reform the constitution but as
Trujillo rose to power, the topic of women's suffrage was not recognized by the government until years later.
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Throughout her life, Mejía published articles in various national and international newspapers/magazines on a range of topics including women, literature, travel, and the
Dominican Republic. Mejía wrote her first and only novel,
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In 1925, Mejía permanently settled in Santo
Domingo where she worked as a professor of Spanish language and literature at the Escuela Normal Superior de Santo Domingo. It was during this time that she began her work with the
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suffering the severity of living in a convent, battling an incestuous relationship and finally, finding love with a passionate, young
Dominican man and ultimately finding the happiness life had cruelly denied her.
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feminist president" in a 1932 speech. Two years later, a "voto de ensayo," roughly translated to "trial vote," was held so women could vote to reform the
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society by exalting socio-political passivity as synonymous with righteousness and good citizenship in accordance with the regime.
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