Alicia Moreau de Justo (October 11, 1885 – May 12, 1986) was an Argentine physician, politician, pacifist and human rights activist.

[2] Alicia Moreau de Justo was born in London, United Kingdom, on October 11, 1885, as the youngest of two sisters.

[5] Alicia Moreau de Justo was a women's rights activist who served in various roles such as teacher, doctor, and journalist.

[7] This ideology led to the creation of La Union National Feminista and the Socialist Women's Suffrage Committee.

She organized conferences in the Fundación Luz (Light Foundation), and together with her father, co-founded the Ateneo Popular (the People's Athenaeum).

She was chief editor of the journal Humanidad Nueva (New Humanity),[8] and director of the publication Nuestra Causa (Our Cause).

[2] In 1958, she took part in the founding of the Argentinean Socialist Party, accepting the director position of the newspaper La Vanguardia until 1960.

[10] She continued working until her final years, and helped found of the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights in 1975.

[12] The Argentinean Socialist Party emerged in the political landscape hoping to mitigate women's discrimination and mistreatment in the more capitalist-centered society.

[12] Peronism benefited the Argentinean Socialist Party by helping organize more progressive agendas and advocate for women's rights and pluralism.

She actively participated in the Argentinean Socialist Party, and advocated for various causes, such as reproductive rights, equality in the workplace, and women's education.

[14] Because of Moreau's involvement in the party, she focused on ending the restriction of the Civil Code to help women gain more autonomy and rights within the public sphere.

[14] Juan Perón's wife, Eva Duarte ("Evita"), played a key role in the president's attempt to gain support from women.