Vera Zouroff Explained

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.

Partial works

• Martha (1916)
• ¡Liberación! (1919)
• México fuera y dentro de sus fronteras (1932)
• Hollywood (1932)
• Feminismo obrero (1933)
• La guerra (1937)
• Devocionario dedicado a celebrar las dieciocho apariciones de la Sna. Virgen en la Gruta de Lourdes (1939)
• El arte de la declamación: enseñanza y práctica de este arte (1945)
• El Cenáculo de poesía a sus poetas (1947)
• O’Higgins : libertador de Chile, gran mariscal del Perú (1949)
• Evocaciones del Perú (1949)
• Beatriz Sandoval (1954)

Notes and References

1. Web site: El cenáculo de poesía a sus poetas / [por Vera Zouroff, pseud.] ]. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006075157/http://www.lib.miamioh.edu/multifacet/record/mu3ugb2691520 . 2014-10-06 . 1 October 2014 . . Oxford, Ohio.
2. Uribe Muñoz, Bernardo, Mujeres de América (1934), p. 460
3. Book: Good Housekeeping. Public domain. 1922. Hearst Corporation. 121–.