Vera Zouroff

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zenteno and the second or maternal family name is Urizar.

Esmeralda Zenteno Urizar (18 July 1880 – 1967), known by her pseudonym Vera Zouroff, was a Chilean feminist, editor, writer, novelist, poet,[1] and correspondent. Lecturing on Socialismo en Chile, she advocated the form of socialism which gives women a share in the practical direction of the world. She also provided a leadership role at the Centro Femenino de Estudio in Santiago. Zenteno married Arturo León del Río, after which she was known as Esmeralda Zenteno de León.[2] She had five children.[3]

Zouroff was born in Antofagasta on 18 July 1880. She died in 1967.

  1. ^ "El cenáculo de poesía a sus poetas / [por Vera Zouroff, pseud.]". Oxford, Ohio: Miami University. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. ^ Uribe Muñoz, Bernardo, Mujeres de América (1934), p. 460
  3. ^ Good Housekeeping (Public domain ed.). Hearst Corporation. 1922. pp. 121–.