Today in Labor History October 28, 1882: Luisa Capetillo Perón was born. Puerto Rican labor organizer and journalist. An anarcha-feminist who advocated for collective ownership of scientific advances, free love, universal education, and women's liberation. She helped organize an agricultural strike in Arecibo. In 1915, she was arrested for wearing trousers in Cuba. She continued to travel and organize until her death in 1922. In 2014, the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico honored her with a plaque in the Plaza in Honor of Puerto Rican Women in San Juan.

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