María Angélica Idrobo (July 29, 1890 – February 26, 1956) was an Ecuadorian writer and feminist activist.[2][3] Idrobo stood out as a student at an early age, and she received a scholarship to a normal school, which trained women to become teachers, in Quito.[4] After graduating, she dedicated herself to teaching, becoming experienced in pedagogy and receiving further scholarships to train in Argentina and Uruguay.Along with her colleague Zoila Ugarte, she founded the Sociedad Feminista Luz de Pichincha, a feminist organization, in 1922.She contributed to various publications including La Nación,[9] and in 1934 she collaborated on the founding of Revista Alas, a feminist magazine.
