Ofelia Hooper

Ofelia Hooper Polo
Born	13 November 1900 Las Minas, Panama
Died	23 September 1981 (aged 80) Panama
Nationality	Panamanian
Citizenship	Panamanian
Alma mater	Universidad de Panamá
Occupation	Sociologist, poet, professor, researcher, and activist
Known for	Sociology
Parent(s)	Maurice Hooper and Olimpia Polo Valdés

Ofelia Hooper Polo (Las Minas, Panama, 13 November 1900 – 23 September 1981) was a Panamanian sociologist, poet, professor, researcher, and civil rights activist.^[1][2]

She was the daughter of Maurice Hooper and Olimpia Polo Valdés.^[1] She worked at several print media in Panama, including La Antena (1931) and the Frontera (1937); she also edited Primicias in 1927.^[1] Together with Eda Nela, she was one of the first proponents of the avant-garde in Panamanian poetry.^[3]

She was one of the pioneers of the field of sociology in Panama, together with Demetrio Porras (1898–1972) and Georgina Jiménez de López (1904–1994).^[4][5] She was also a pioneering researcher of Panamanian agriculture.^[1]

Works

• Aspects of rural social life in Panama (Spanish: Aspectos de la vida social rural de Panamá) (1945)
• Sketch of the rural Panamanian man (Spanish: Semblanza del hombre rural de Panamá) (1969)

References

1. "Ofelia Hooper". En caribe: Enciclopedia de historia y cultura del Carible (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2013.
2. Conte Porras, Jorge (1990). Requiem por la Revolución (in Spanish). p. 636.
3. del Saz, Agustín (1974). Antología general de la poesía panameña (siglos XIX-XX) (in Spanish). Editorial Bruguera. p. 604. ISBN 978-840-203-783-1.
4. University of Panama Commission on the Centennial Anniversary of the Republic (2004). Panamá: Cien años de República (in Spanish). Manfer. p. 489. ISBN 978-996-260-839-4.
5. Figueroa Navarro, Alfredo (1983). El Desarrollo de las ciencias sociales en Panamá (in Spanish). University of Panama. p. 535.