5% of Quito’s monuments represent women

In Quito there are about 529 statues or monuments, of these, 29 are in honor of women. Among them are Manuela Saenz, heroine of the independence deeds that she has three monuments in his honor (in addition to some streets) through the historic center and north of the city. The number is equivalent to 5.48% representation of women in the universe of monuments.

Through a bulletin, the real estate company Properati reported on the lifting of a analysis of the streets, neighborhoods, monuments and Metro stations who bear women’s names.

The objective of this study is identify how women are represented in the public space, in recognition of International Women’s Day and create a map with the central places where these physical tributes are located, argues the text of the Latin American real estate portal.

Within the list of names monuments are: Manuela Cañizares, Nela Martínez, Rosa Campuzano, Reina Isabel or Martha Baylon.

“A city is made up of social imaginary concepts, hence the importance of reviving a person’s name on a daily basis. It can be considered just a small tribute, but mainly it calls remember what all women do in society”add the newsletter.

In the capital of Ecuador there are around 208 neighborhoods, of which 19 have represent women. Most of the sectors took names of Catholic characters such as Santa Rosa, La Merced, Marianitas or Santa Lucía. This is equivalent to 9.13% of all neighborhoods.

In the commercial and financial heart of Quito is located The Carolina. According to this study, the name of the park, neighborhood and the Metro station are due to the Hacienda with the same name that belonged to the heirs of the Marquises of Selva Alegre and that was donated to the Municipality.

Finally, the analysis of the daily symbols of the capital led to the determination that in Quito there are around 5,629 streets, of which 331 are named after women. That is to say, 6% of the routes immortalize the name of a woman.

Among the names are various representatives such as the avenue Mariana de Jesus, Santa Quiteña, Piedad Larrea, writer and poet, Consuelo Benavides, teacher and human rights activist, or Teresa Flor, a patriot from Ambateña.

In this analysis, only those neighborhoods and streets named after women and not those where the name is a feminine noun, such as La Luz or La Libertad.

For data that focus on which women are the protagonists they relied on tools such as Google, open data from municipal companies, books and historical archives. (I)