Elvira López (feminist)

[1] Along with her sister, Ernestina López de Nelson, she studied philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires.

[1] In 1901 she completed a doctoral thesis on feminism, El movimiento feminista, supervised by Rodolfo Rivarola and Antonio Dellepiane.

[2][3] In her thesis key concepts include female education, work, and family.

[3] She focused on the need to reform teaching programs, as well as, the intolerance which opposes the education of women.

[3] Drawing extensively on European sources,[4] the thesis reviewed the development of feminism in the United States, Canada, Africa, India and Argentina.