Marta Abreu

Statue of Marta Abreu in Parque Vidal

Marta Abreu de Estévez (13 November 1845 – 2 January 1909) was one of the most influential figures of her time in central Cuba, especially in her birth city and province of Santa Clara.[1] For her constant aid to the poor, her donations to the city and the independence war, she won the title of "the great benefactor".

  1. ^ Cabrera, Raimundo (1896). Louis Edward Levy (ed.). Cuba and the Cubans. The Levytype Company. pp. 345–346. Marta Abreu.