LOLA DE TIO 



LOLA RODRIGUEZ Y PONCE DE 

 LEON DE TIO 



Poet; authoress. 



Lola Rodriguez y Ponce de Leon de 

 Tio was born in the town of San German 

 (Puerto Rico), the daughter of Dr. Sebas- 

 tian Rodriguez de Astudillo and Dona 

 Carmen Ponce de Leon. 



From her early youth Senora Tio showed 

 a marked talent for writing, and her dis- 

 position was developed by a stormy and 

 eventful life marked by a period of exile 

 for political reasons and much travel. 

 She took as active a part as possible in the 

 political struggles of Puerto Rico and, on 

 taking up her residence in Cuba, gave 

 similar devotion and zeal to her adopted 

 country, becoming the enthusiastic ad- 

 mirer of General Maximo Gomez and the 

 men who surrounded him in the Cuban 

 Army of Liberation. 



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