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Mexican-American poet and playwright

Estela Portillo-Trambley (January 16, 1926 – December 1, 1998) was a Chicana poet and playwright.

Estela Portillo Trambley, teacher and feminist author of books, poems, essays, and plays, was born on January 16, , in El Paso, Texas.

Estela Portillo Trambley, teacher and feminist author of books, poems, essays, and plays, was born on January 16, , in El Paso, Texas.

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Estela Portillo-Trambley was a Chicana poet and playwright.

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She gained recognition through the publishing of her many plays, prose, and poetry depicting the lives and plight of Chicana women in male-dominated societies.^[1]

Biography

Portillo-Trambley was born to Mexican immigrant parents on January 16, 1926 in El Paso, Texas.^[2] At a young age, she went to live with her grandparents in El Segundo Barrio of El Paso where her passion for literature was fostered.

Growing up Estela had one younger sister named Alicia Portillo-Armendariz and two brothers, Frank Portillo and Robert Portillo. In 1947, she was married to Robert Trambley, and together they had six children - five daughters and one son.^[3] She earned a B.A.

and M.A. in English from the University of Texas at El Paso and had a career as a high school teacher from 1957 to 1964, at the El Pa