Biography
Betsabé Espinal Betsabé Espinal (1896 – 16 November 1932), also erroneously known as Betsabé Espinosa or Espinoza, was a Colombian labor rights activist and leader of a 1920 workers' strike against a fabric factory in Bello, Colombia. Although not the first strike in Colombian history, it was the first strike led by women. The strike was considered to have made a significant impact on the rights of female workers thereafter. There are few details about her life before and after the strike. A school in Barranquilla, Colombia was named after her called I.E.D. Betsabé Espinosa.
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