María Josefa Acevedo Sánchez
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Josefa Acevedo de Gomez (1803–1861) was the first civilian[clarification needed] woman writer in Colombia. She was born in Bogotá and died in Pasca, Cundinamarca.
She was the grandmother of Colombian politician and poet Adolfo Leon Gomez.