Salomé Ureña de Henríquez is one of the most influential poets of the 19th century Dominican Republic. Her roles as daughter, writer, patriot, teacher, wife and mother intertwined throughout her life and inspired her acclaimed poems. As an advocate for women's education, she opened the doors to higher education for women of her time and beyond. Salomé Ureña de Henríquez was born on October 21, 1850 in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to Nicolás Ureña de Mendoza and Gregoria. Díaz and León. Her father was an educated man: lawyer, professor, poet and, as a journalist, he founded the newspaper El Progreso in 1853. She was born in a very turbulent time, surrounded by political uncertainty. Salomé Ureña was born after the Battle of Independence in 1844, and the country was still going through difficult times. It also lived through the War of Restoration of 1863 which aimed to restore the government, and cut ties with the Spanish Empire for a second time ("Dominican Republic: 1820s to 1900s"). She was educated mainly by her father and began writing at an early age. on. Ureña de Mendoza continued Salomé's education after finishing primary school. He taught him literature, arithmetic, botany and the Spanish, French and English classics. She began publishing her works at age seventeen under the pseudonym "Herminia" in local newspapers, and some critics have even suggested that it was her father who authored these works (Erskine). After 1874, Salomé began publishing her poems under her own name, publishing some in foreign journals and including them in the anthology Lira de Quisqueya (Lyre of Quisqueya). In 1878, she received a medal from the Sociedad de Amigos del País (Society of Friends of...... middle of paper ......a of Latin America: The Age of Globalization 3 (2010 ). History of the modern world online. May 11, 2014. Erskine, Thomas L. “Salomé Ureña de Henríquez”. Guide to the literary masters and their works (2007). PDF file May 8, 2014.--- Poesías de Salomé Ureña de Santo Domingo: De García Hermanos 1880. Search for books Google Web Curtis. “Eugenio Maria de Hostos (y Bonilla)”. 2003. Web Literary Resource Center, May 10, 2014. 100 Años de Poesía: Homenaje de la UASD a Salomé Ureña: Universitaria 1999. PDF file May 8, 2014. Valle, Enid “Salome Ureña de Henriquez.” First series (2003). 2014.