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Los pantalones también eran protesta

Luisa Capetillo used public space, labor organizing, writing, and the pants arrest story to make gender rules visible as power.

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  • The Senado de Puerto Rico identifies Luisa Capetillo Perón as a labor leader, feminist, and writer from Arecibo.
  • The source trail connects her needle-industry work, cigar-factory reading, labor organizing, suffrage advocacy, and published writing.
  • The pants/arrest story is framed as a public-space and law/culture receipt, not just fashion trivia.
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