Doctor Ramón Emeterio Betances: Su Vida y su Obra

Suárez Díaz, Ada, Doctor Ramón Emeterio Betances: Su vida y su obra, San Juan de Puerto Rico, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, 1968.

Conferencia dictada en el Ateneo Puertorriqueño bajo los auspicios de la Sección de Historia, el 30 de noviembre de 1965.

Ramón Emeterio Betances y Alacán (April 8, 1827 – September 16, 1898) was a Puerto Rican nationalist. He was the primary instigator of the Grito de Lares revolution and is considered to be the father of the Puerto Rican independence movement. Since the Grito galvanized a burgeoning nationalist movement among Puerto Ricans, Betances is also considered "El Padre de la Patria" (Father of the Puerto Rican Nation). Because of his charitable deeds for people in need, he also became known as "The Father of the Poor."