![]() ![]() Juana loved education and what she thought she did not understand why she made sure she studied it again she even resulted to cutting off her hair once she did a mistake as a form of punishment in order to learn quickly. In terms of education Juana had not had any opportunity to formally go to school as this was not allowed for the female gender except their male counterparts all she had was some 20 lessons in Latin which she taught to young children.Īt the age of thirteen she had also learned Nahuati language which she used to write some of her short poems. ![]() ![]() During her childhood, she lived with her relatives in Mexico City. Juana dedicated herself into religious conviction while she was very young, Cruz (1995) notes “she hid herself several times in her grandfathers hacienda chapel to read his books from a library nearby this practice was forbidden to girls and by the age of three she had known how to read and write.”īetween the age of 5 to 8 years she could comfortably handle accounting work as well as poetry. She was born in San Miguel Nepantla, Mexico on November 12 th, 1651 as an illegitimate daughter of Don Pedro de Asbaje and Isabel Ramirez and was raised by her mother together with her other siblings, two older sisters and three younger half siblings on her grand father’s hacienda outside Mexico City. ![]()
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