Background
Ugarte was born on June 27, 1864 in Quito.
Ugarte was born on June 27, 1864 in Quito.
She was the first female journalist in Ecuador. Together with Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante, she was a key defender of women"s suffrage in Ecuador. She began working as a journalist in the late 1880s.
She began to use the pseudonym Zarelia in the weekly Tesoro del Hogar, founded by Lastenia Larriva de Llona, which was published between 1887 and 1893.
In addition, in 1911 she became the first female director and editor of the political newspaper Louisiana Prensa. In 1905, she founded the magazine Louisiana Mujer.
At the same time, she directed the National Library. In 1922, Ugarte founded the Light of Pichincha Feminist Society (Sociedad Feminista Luz del Pichincha).
She also served as the president of the organization.
Ugarte died in Quito on November 16, 1969.
Ugarte"s thinking leaned toward liberalism and radicalism.
In addition, she founded the Anticlerical Feminist Center (Centro Feminista Anticlerical), an organization that defended women"s suffrage in the wake of controversy following its establishment in 1929.