Rubio was born in
Facatativá, Colombia. By the 1940s, Rubio had become one of the leaders of Colombia's women's rights movement and a most important suffragette. She was one of the founders of The
Unión Femenina de Colombia (Women's Union of Colombia) (UFC), created in Bogota in 1944. The UFC was one of the most important women's organizations during this time. It spread to other cities and promoted voting rights, literacy of women, and rights of citizens. Rubio de Laverde served as president of the organization and was also president of the
Alianza Femenina de Colombia (Women's Alliance of Colombia), founded the same year. In 1944, pressing for the vote and Rubio de Laverde presented them to President
Alfonso López Pumarejo, demanding women's right to vote. She wrote for
Agitación Femenina from 1944-1946. Rubio de Laverde wrote about social problems in Colombia from a feminist perspective, collaborating in newspapers and magazines such as
Pax et Libertas,
Verdad and
Dominical. She founded the College Froevel, which operated for eight years, and gave lectures at the School of Social Service, the Women's Institute of the Free University and the Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca. In Colombia, she attended both the 1945 suffrage conference and the 1946 conference where she warned that women should not limit themselves to their homes but should be fully participating citizens. She also attended the
Primer Congreso Interamericano de Mujeres held in
Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1947 She attended the Second Congress of Women of the Americas, and attended the
International Council of Women's 1960 meeting in
Warsaw. In 1962, she attended the 15th Congress of the
League of Peace and Freedom held in
San Francisco and participated in the debates on nuclear testing. In 1963, Rubio attended the pilgrimage Women for Peace in Rome and Geneva. Rubio married Eduardo Laverde, a "man of letters". ==References==