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She studied primary and started secondary school in the
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for rehabilitation from which she returned with a prosthesis to continue working in the defence of the needy. She died in Lima on March 15, 1988, due to a worsening of her disease, 48 hours before she was due to receive an award from the
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As a social activist she travelled around the country visiting rural communities and remote mining camps. She and her famous poncho were seen in the villages as a sign of hope. She herself was imprisoned for the crime of defending the poor.
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Her professional work was dedicated from the start to the defence of the rights of peasant communities, and political prisoners. Her fight against the exploitation of the defenceless defined her political ideas for socialism.
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Her reputation for social advocacy dates back to the 40s and 50s, however it was in 1963, when defending 200 political prisoners confined in the island prison of
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She is commemorated by name in the village of Laura Caller, San Luis
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Campaigner for women's votes and defender of peasants, she never obtained a seat in
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in a home frequented by intellectuals of the city due to the activities of her father, a journalist and writer.
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She never married because she considered herself married to the law and led a life of austerity and sacrifice.
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