Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
WIFE OF ECUADOR MINISTER
ATTENDS PAN-AMERICANP FARLEY
Sonora Dona Rosa H. de
viteri Is Active Feminist
and Musician.
Brilliant Southern Women in
Washington to Represent
Sex at Conference.
BY GRETCHEN SMITH.

The beautiful and talented young wife
Of the Minister from Ecuador, Sonora
Dona Rosa H. de Viteri, has added an
other interest to her already active life.
In addition to her accomplishments
as a musician, her charm as a hostess
and her personal supervision OF three
small children, she Is now taxing an
active part in the work OF the feminist
group of her country. Having oeen ap-
pointed by her government as commits
sioner from Ecuador on the Inter-
American Commission of Women. she
Is daily attending the sessions OF the
Pan American Conference, meeting THIS
week at the Pan-American Union.
Devotes Time to Music.
Sonora de Viteri, whose arrival In
Washington two years ago, brought
valuable addition to the feminine group
of the diplomatic circle, has devoted
much time to the adaptation OF the
plaintive Inca music Of her land to
modern use.
At the time OF her arrival in the Cap
ital, the Sonora did not speak English,
but has since mastered the language,
conversing fluently.
In her own land. Sonora de Viteri,
whose father is dean of the College of
Medicine and Surgery Of the University
of Guayaquil. has for several years
played an important part in the femin-
ist movement. Centering her interests
principally upon conditions existing
among the women of Ecuador, she has
done much to further the cause of
women's rights in that country.
OF a dark, striking beauty. the sonora
Is always a center of attraction.
Member Of Committee.
It would be difficult TO find a group
of women more generously endowed with
beauty and brains than those repre-
senting the Inter- American Commission
of Women. This commission was APP
pointed some time ago by the Pam
American Conference to study condi-
lions among the women of the Western
Hemisphere.
Sonora de Viteri is a member of the
Nationality Committee of the Inter-
American Commission, group working
to obtain equal nationality rights for
women.
The lady from Brazil" Sonora Flora
de Liveira Lima, also Is well qualified to
act as delegate. AS the wife of a diplo-
mat, Manuel de Oliveira Lima. she has
had wide international experience, hav-
ing lived in many of the capitals of
the world, where her husband was sent
as envoy. A woman of unusual culture
and intellectual achievements, Sonora
de Oliveira Lima speaks five languages
and is equally at ease with both Span
ish and English, the two languages
spoken this week at the conference.
Miss Paul Well Known.
Miss Alice Paul. chairman of the
Nationality Committee of the Inter-
American Commission of Women, is
well known to Washingtonians. having
for many years lived at the head
on Capitol Hill. Miss Paul recently
returned from Geneva, where she rep
resented the Inter-American Commits
sion of Women on the Women's Con-
sultative Committee on Nationality.
In spite of her youth, she possesses
the degrees of B. A., M. A., Phi. D..
LII. L. and LII. D.
The other members of the Nation
atty Committee are Muna Lee, director
Of national activities at the National
Women'S party; Laura Berrien one of
the few women members of the Amer
lean Institute of International Law,
and Mrs. Maud Bradbury. well-known
feminist. and an active contributor to
the international improvement of the
position of women.
Mrs. Lee, whose home is in Porto
Rico, is in the United States on leave
from the university, where she occupies
the position of director of the Bureau
of International Relations. In addition
to her political achievements, Mrs. Lee
is the author of Sea Change" a VOL
ume Of poetry, and a contributor to
American, Spanish and Latin American
magazines.