Betsabé Espinal (born in 1896, Bello, Colombia - November 16, 1932 in Medellín), also erroneously known as Betsabé Espinosa or Espinoza,[1] was a Colombian labor rights activist and leader of a 1920 workers' strike against a fabric factory in Bello, Colombia.

[6] The strike lasted from February 12 to March 4 and ended when the owner of the fabric factory agreed to a 40% increase in salary, the expulsion of male foremen who were accused of sexual harassment of the female workers, and a nine hour workday.

[2] During the time of the strike, several liberal and socialist newspapers wrote about and interviewed Espinal extensively, turning her into a symbolic figure of the working woman.

[8] The owner of the fabric factory, Emilio Restrepo Callejas,[4] fired several workers as a result of the strike, including Betsabé.

[9] In 1929, following the example in Bello, the 186 workers of the Rosellón Factory of Envigado went on a strike for higher wages and the expulsion of certain abusive administrators.