"In Luisa Capetillos three-act play written in 1907, Influences of Modern Ideas, Angelina, the daughter of a rich Puerto Rican businessman and landowner, educates herself by reading the works of European writers, philosophers, and anarchists. After reading Tolstoys The Slavery of Our Times, she is convinced that the slavery of our times is the inflexible wage law. As the workers go on strike in her home town of Arecibo, Angelina tries to convince her father to give his propertyhome, factories, landto the working class. And so the stage is set for Capetillo, a militant feminist, anarchist, and labor leader, to inform the public about her passions: the fight for workers rights
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