Mirta Zaida Lobato (Córdoba, May 1, 1948) is an Argentine historian, essayist, and full professor[1] specializing in the social, cultural and political history of the world of work and gender relations in Argentina and Latin America in the 20th century.

In 1999, she presented her doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of UBA entitled, La vida en las fábricas: trabajo, protesta y política en una comunidad obrera, Berisso (1904-1970) (English: Life in the factories: work, protest and politics in a working class community, Berisso (1904-1970)) and defended it in 2000, earning a Ph.D. in history.

She is an associate professor at the UBA, specializing in social, cultural and political history of the world of work and gender relations in Argentina and Latin America in the 20th century,[2] and a researcher at the "Programa de Estudios de Historia Económica y Social Americana" (English: Economic History Study Program and Social American) (PEHESA) since its incorporation to the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the UBA; she is currently a member of its board of directors and between 1997 and 1998, she coordinated its activities.

[1] In 1992, Lobato founded the "Área Interdisciplinaria de Estudios de la Mujer" (English: Interdisciplinary Area of Women's Studies) (AIEM), bringing together professors from the areas of Anthropology, Arts, Classics, Education, History, Languages, and Philosophy.

[4] At the Interdisciplinary Institute for Gender Studies (IIEGE) of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, she founded and directs the Women's Words and Images Archive (APIM) working group whose objectives are to value research in the human sciences, recover and preserve words and images of women, promote democratization in access to information, and favor the teaching of history from a perspective that integrates the gender dimension, as well as favor equal opportunities in education without distinctions of gender, race, social class, or age.