Historian and author Teresa Fernández Soneira presents on her book, "La bella cubana: Rostros de mujeres en la Cuba del siglo XIX." The book includes 162 color images comprised of ambrotypes, tintypes, albumen images, daguerreotypes, and other photographic techniques from the 19th century that were made in Cuba by the most famous photographers of the era. Through these images, accompanied by poems and literary reflections by writers of the time, the author creates a visual and literary history of the social legacy of Cuban women.

A moderated conversation between Fernández Soneira and Madeline Cámara Betancourt, Ph.D., professor of Latin American literature at the University of South Florida, follows the presentation. The event concludes with an audience question and answer session.