[1] Faustina Sáez y Soria began to write her first literary texts at age nine, an activity in which she persisted despite her father's opposition.

She married Valentín Melgar y Chicharro, a state official who would go on to hold various positions in Spain and in colonies such as the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico.

In 1859 her daughter Gloria was born and she published her poetry book La lira del Tajo y África y España, verses on the recent war in Morocco.

[1][2] Due to her active presence in the culture of her time, she became involved in all kinds of social causes and joined the Committee of Ladies of the Spanish Abolitionist Society [es].

That is to say, they did not demand female emancipation, nor equality of rights with men; they simply advocated greater education for women[4] with the sole objective of having basic knowledge to be able to have conversations with their husband, and thus not boring him.