![]() ![]() She pleaded her mother to dress her up in boys clothing and let her go to the University of Mexico, but she refused on account of her age. She would often punish herself for not learning fast enough by cutting off her hair. She learned to read before the age of three. Juana learned with great ease and triumphed in anything she did. It was her grandfather who inspired her to seek intelligence. ![]() Her father was always absent from her life. She was born to an illiterate mother who ran her own hacienda. ![]() Juana Ramirez de Asbaje was born in Mexico in the year 1648. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz in her library Miguel Cabrera via Wikimedia Commons Juana defended her right to knowledge and she made sure that her ideas were made known to everyone. When she was told to be quiet, she would not back down. Juana broke this silence that was expected of her and made a yell that rocked a nation. She made a deep impact in the world, by being a female intellectual in a world where most women led a life of servitude and silence. Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz is one of them. To overcome the obstacles that are put in your way to victory is to triumph. To rise above this is to go beyond what is expected of you. It takes great inner strength to become someone in a world where you are oppressed and looked down upon by those who hate you or envy you. They fight for what is right, even if they are persecuted and silenced. Heroes are people who often go against what is expected of them. ![]()
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