it is only read at the bottom of the poem "verses of D.B.C.A.". In the same newspaper, a sonnet called La Sospecha and Una Letrilla appeared published on December 23. It was not until ten months later that the poet began to publish already with her initials (J.M.), the poem Himno Guerrero (also published in El Vapor, on September 25, 1835), which addressed political and territorial issues, both considered at the time properly masculine matters. In El Nuevo Vapor (December 27, 1836) the poem María was published, in which appears an apostille in which the mystery of her name is solved and pointed out the true authorship of the previous poems published in El Vapor. The poem that follows these in chronological order is A la incomparable doña Matilde Diez de Romea, already signed with her full name. Newspapers such as El Guardia Nacional and La Religión published his poems between 1837 and 1840, which were very well received by the critics. Of these publications it is worth mentioning La oración de la mañana (El Guardia Nacional, October 19, 1837), A mi prima Isabel (El Guardia Nacional, December 24, 1837, Noticioso de Ambos Mundos, April 7, 1838), El genio (El Guardia Nacional, September 20, 1838, Noticioso de Ambos Mundos, February 2, 1839), Al Criador (El Guardia Nacional, November 15, 1838, La Religión, t. IV, 1838), and Un beso personal (Noticioso de Ambos Mundos, January 6, 1838). All of them were translated into English, being recommended by the Government of the United States for the North American primary schools. The great reception and social response to these first poems earned María Josefa Massanés the official appointment of resident member of the Philodramatic Society of Barcelona (Sociedad Filodramática de Barcelona), in 1837, and as honorary member of the Academy of Good Letters of Barcelona (Academia de Buenas Letras de Barcelona) in 1838. Stay in Madrid In January 1843 she married Infantry Captain Fernando González de Ortega. Due to her husband's destiny, they resided in Madrid between 1843 and 1844, a period that allowed her to become known in the circles of the Court. In 1843, she was appointed a member of the Liceo Artístico-Literario de Madrid. In Madrid she experienced a very prolific period, in which we find works such as La voz de Dios (El Reflejo, March 9, 1843), Oh padre mío! (El Heraldo, September 18, 1844, El Imparcial, September 26,