Born: 13 November 1845, Cuba
Died: 2 January 1909
Country most active: Cuba
Also known as: Marta Abreu de Estévez, Marta de los Ángeles González
The following is excerpted from “400 Outstanding Women of the World and the Costumology of Their Time” by Minna Moscherosch Schmidt, published in 1933.
Another Cuban deserving all our admiration and gratitude for her lofty sentiments and her altruism and her patriotism. She was born in Santa Clara in 1845, and she bestowed her benefits and charities especially in that city. She founded and constructed the school Gran Cervantes and the theatre La Cartdad; also she Varona said: “Never has the erected the monument to the memory of Conyedo y Hurtado, repaired the road from Santa Clara to Camajuani, and was responsible for many works of this sort. As a patriot, she donated large sums to the Delegation of the Cuban Revolutionary Party in New York, during 1896 and 1898. When the death of the redoubtable Cuban, General Antonio Maceo, occurred during our war of independence, she gave to the cause, $10,000, and not long afterwards, $30,000. Furthermore, she paid for the expedition of General Cabrera, and succorred a great number of deportees.
General Maximo Gomez said of her, that if the Cuban army could confer degrees on the women, the highest should go to her.