Luisa Gómez De La Torre Paez
María Luisa Gómez de la Torre Páez (b. 28 May 1887 – d. 1976) was an Ecuadorian feminist, educator, and activist. She was a pioneer in the struggle for the rights of the indigenous peoples and peasants in Ecuador. She was the first woman to serve as a teacher for boys in Quito. Biography Luisa Gómez de la Torre Paez was born on 28 May 1887 to parents Joaquín Gómez de la Torre Álvarez and Francisca Páez Rodríguez. In 1944, she participated in the creation of the first indigenous peoples' rights organization, called the Ecuadorian Federation of Indians (FEI). She also worked with the Indigenismo, Indigenista Dolores Cacuango to found bilingual (Quechuan languages, Quecha and Spanish language, Spanish) schools to bring literacy to the indigenous peasantry in the countryside. In the political arena, de la Torre is considered one of the pioneers of the political left in Ecuador along with Guayaquil, Guayaquileñas Aurora López, Isabel Herrera, Ana Moreno and Quito, Qu ...
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Quito
Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes, at an elevation of , making it the second-highest capital city in the world.Contact Us
" TAME. Retrieved on 14 March 2010. Quito is the political and cultural center of Ecuador as the country's major governmental, administrative, and cultural institutions are located within the city. The majority of transnational companies with a presence in Ecuador are headquartered there. It is also one of the country's two major industrial centers—the port city of