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Ofelia Hooper Polo (13 November 1900, in Las Minas, Panama – 23 September 1981) was a Panamanian sociologist, poet, professor, researcher, and civil rights activist.[1][2]

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She was the daughter of Maurice Hooper and Olimpia Polo Valdés.[1] She worked at several print media in Panama, including La Antena (1931) and the Frontera (1937); she also edited Primicias in 1927.[1] Together with Eda Nela, she was one of the first proponents of the avant-garde in Panamanian poetry.[3]

She was one of the pioneers of the field of Sociology in Panama, together with Demetrio Porras (1898–1972) and Georgina Jiménez de López (1904–1994).[4][5] She was also a pioneering researcher of Agriculture in Panama.[1]

Works

  • Aspects of rural social life in Panama (Spanish: Aspectos de la vida social rural de Panamá) (1945)
  • Sketch of the rural Panamanian man (Spanish: Semblanza del hombre rural de Panamá) (1969)

References

  1. [1]
    "Ofelia Hooper". En caribe: Enciclopedia de historia y cultura del Carible (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. [2]
    Conte Porras, Jorge (1990). Requiem por la Revolución (in Spanish). p. 636.
  3. [3]
    del Saz, Agustín (1974). Antología general de la poesía panameña (siglos XIX-XX) (in Spanish). Editorial Bruguera. p. 604. ISBN 978-840-203-783-1.
  4. [4]
    University of Panama Commission on the Centennial Anniversary of the Republic (2004). Panamá: Cien años de República (in Spanish). Manfer. p. 489. ISBN 978-996-260-839-4.
  5. [5]
    Figueroa Navarro, Alfredo (1983). El Desarrollo de las ciencias sociales en Panamá (in Spanish). University of Panama. p. 535.


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