You foolish men who lay the guilt on women, not realizing you're the cause of the very thing you blame. — Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (image via Wikimedia Commons) When Juana was a child in rural 16th century Mexico, she begged her parents for books. They eventually sent her to school in Mexico City, where she wowed Enlightenment scholars with her natural gifts for poetry, composition and theological debate. Eventually, faced with a life in the royal court or a life amongst her beloved books, she committed herself to the Church -- "[I want] to have no fixed occupation which might curtail my freedom to study," she declared.
A Woman to Know: Juana Ines de la Cruz
A Woman to Know: Juana Ines de la Cruz
A Woman to Know: Juana Ines de la Cruz
You foolish men who lay the guilt on women, not realizing you're the cause of the very thing you blame. — Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (image via Wikimedia Commons) When Juana was a child in rural 16th century Mexico, she begged her parents for books. They eventually sent her to school in Mexico City, where she wowed Enlightenment scholars with her natural gifts for poetry, composition and theological debate. Eventually, faced with a life in the royal court or a life amongst her beloved books, she committed herself to the Church -- "[I want] to have no fixed occupation which might curtail my freedom to study," she declared.