# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-currea
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:16:58.218Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-currea"
name: "María Currea"
slug: "maria-currea"
description: "María Currea Manrique was a Colombian feminist, suffragist, politician, nurse and journalist. She was instrumental in pressuring for laws in Colombia which recognized women's right to citizenship, education, and enfranchisement. She was honored as the 1960 \"Women of the Americas\" by the Organization of American States and received many awards and honors during her lifetime. She was posthumously honored with an award distributed bearing her name each March 8 in honor of International Women's Day to the Colombian woman who has excelled in promoting women's rights in her community."
tagline: "Colombian writer (1890-1985)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/Photo_of_Mar%C3%ADa_Currea_Manrique.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1890-05-28"
deathDate: "1985-05-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.66
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.883730666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Currea"
    title: "María Currea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A"
    title: "ماريا كوريا مانريكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "ماريا كوريا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Currea_Manrique"
    title: "María Currea Manrique"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Currea"
    title: "María Currea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Currea"
    title: "Maria Currea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Currea"
    title: "María Currea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Currea"
    title: "María Currea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Currea_Manrique"
    title: "María Currea Manrique"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6003594"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump