Abigail Mejia

Ana Emilia Abigaíl Mejia Soliere was a feminist activist, nationalist, literary critic and educator from the Dominican Republic. She completed her primary education at the Salome Ureña de Henríquez School for Girls and Liceo Dominicano. In 1912, she became a teacher in Barcelona where she resided with her family. She returned to the Dominican Republic in 1925 and became a professor of Literature, Pedagogy and History at the Superior Normal School of Santo Domingo. She is one of the leading figures of feminism in the Dominican Republic, founding the Club Nosotras in 1927 and Acción Feminista.

15 April 1895

Born on the same birth date (15 April 1895): Clark McConachy

Born on the same birth day (15 April): Ashleigh Gardner • Ben Clarke • Benjamin Zephaniah • Blake Ayshford • Brian Pothier • Chris Stapleton • Ed O'Brien • Eden ahbez • Felix Pipes • Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve • Helene Hanff • Ida Freund • Jeromy Burnitz • John Paston (died 1479) • Kim Min-kyo • Leonardo da Vinci • Manoj Prabhakar • Martin Pedersen (cyclist) • Melville Henry Cane • Pete Rouse • Philippe Carbonneau • Pierre Aubry • Richard von Weizsäcker • Stavros Paravas • Tony Jones (snooker player)

Born in the same month (April 1895): Alberta Hunter • Arthur Murray • Clark McConachy • Henry de Montherlant • John Bernard Flannagan • Malcolm Sargent • Margarete Schön • Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco • Michel Simon • Mike O'Dowd • Zez Confrey