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Jenny María Estrada Ruiz (21 June 1940 – 9 February 2024) was an Ecuadorian writer and journalist. She was the first woman to write an opinion piece for
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* ''Las mujeres de Guayaquil, siglo XVI al XX, 1972''
* ''Personajes y circunstancias''
* ''Matilde Hidalgo de Prócel, una mujer total'', 1981
* ''Mujeres de Guayaquil'', 1984
* ''La epopeya del Aviso Atahualpa'' (1990)
* ''Ancón en la historia petrolera ecuatoriana: 1911 - 1976''
* ''El Montubio - un forjador de identidad'', 1996
* ''Los italianos de Guayaquil''
Author's website
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El Universo
( Spanish for "The Universe") is one of the largest daily newspapers in Ecuador. It was founded in 1921 and the first edition was published September 16 of the same year. Its headquarters are located in Guayaquil.
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and she created the Julio Jaramillo Municipal Museum of Popular Music.
Life and career
Estrada Her parents were Olga Ruiz Robles who was an opera singer and Miguel Estrada Valle who was a doctor of Jurisprudence. She completed her high school studies at the "La Inmaculada" school in Guayaquil. She worked for the publication "El Universo
( Spanish for "The Universe") is one of the largest daily newspapers in Ecuador. It was founded in 1921 and the first edition was published September 16 of the same year. Its headquarters are located in Guayaquil.
The newspaper has been publi ...
". In 1968 creating a column of "Feminine Opinion" using the nom de plume of María Ignacia. She was the first woman to write a column of opinion for the paper. She made interviews and wrote articles for the paper and in addition she wrote ten books. In 1994 she researched and wrote a book about the customs and traditions of her home city titled ''Del Tiempo de la Yap''a. Two years later she wrote ''El Montubio - un forjador de identidad'' about the cowboys who lived on the coast.
Estrada was known for her interest in the history of Guayaquil. She inspired the creation of the Julio Jaramillo Municipal Museum of Popular Music and its foundation. She was the foundation's director until 2019.
In 2018 she was awarded the Matilde Hidalgo Prize for cultural merit. The award was made by the economist Elizabeth Cabezas Guerrero who was the, President of Ecuador's National Assembly. The presentation was on 9 October which was the 198th anniversary of the independence of the city of Santiago de Guayaquil.
She died at the age of 83 on 9 February 2024.Works
* ''Las mujeres de Guayaquil, siglo XVI al XX, 1972''
* ''Personajes y circunstancias''
* ''Matilde Hidalgo de Prócel, una mujer total'', 1981
* ''Mujeres de Guayaquil'', 1984
* ''La epopeya del Aviso Atahualpa'' (1990)
* ''Ancón en la historia petrolera ecuatoriana: 1911 - 1976''
* ''El Montubio - un forjador de identidad'', 1996
* ''Los italianos de Guayaquil''
References
External links
* "Jenny Estrada", ''Spanish Wikipedia''Author's website
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