# Adelia Silva

> Adelia Silva was a Uruguayan educator, writer and social activist. She became the first Afro-Uruguayan to earn a teaching degree. She taught in rural schools, weathering racial and sexist discrimination. She moved to Montevideo in 1956, but was transferred numerous times as a result of racial discrimination, ultimately returning home to Artigas. She filed a complaint with the National Council of Primary Education, which led to widespread media coverage of her treatment, heightening awareness of the racial and gender divides in Uruguayan society.

*Uruguayan educator, writer and social activist (1925-2004)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Uruguay
- **Born:** 1925-04-03
- **Died:** 2004-07-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Adelia Silva was a Uruguayan educator, writer and social activist. She became the first Afro-Uruguayan to earn a teaching degree. She taught in rural schools, weathering racial and sexist discrimination. She moved to Montevideo in 1956, but was transferred numerous times as a result of racial discrimination, ultimately returning home to Artigas. She filed a complaint with the National Council of Primary Education, which led to widespread media coverage of her treatment, heightening awareness of the racial and gender divides in Uruguayan society.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 36.7

## Sources
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