Rosario de Acuña

In 1876, her first poetry based drama titled "Rienzi el tribuno" premiered at the Teatro Circo de Madrid, which received wide acclaim.

[4][6] In this drama, she presented in poetry form, a tragic theme highlighting the struggles that the Roman tribune Cola di Rienzo had to go through to bring to fore ancient Rome's greatness.

[4] In 1877, she published the play called "Amor a la patria" (Love of Country), depicting women's heroism as part of the peasants struggle against Napoleon Bonaparte's rule.

[4] She made significant contributions in poetry and some of them are: "Ecos del alma" (Echoes from the Soul) (1876); "Morirse a tiempo" (To Die on Time) (1880); "Sentir y pensar" (Feeling and Thought) (1884).

In her approach to propagate the liberal social policy of the government she wrote the paper titled El crimen de la calle de Fuencarral; odia el delito y compadece al delincuente (The Crime of Fuencarral Street: Hate the Crime and Pity the Criminal) around 1880.

Her essays related to feminist issues are the "Consecuencias de la degeneración femenina" (Consequences of Female Degeneracy) (1888); and Cosas Mías (My Things) (1917).