the article examines some of the positions defended by a group of black and mulata women in the journal Minerva: biweekly magazine dedicated to women of color, in the twilight of the nineteenth century in Cuba. The analysis wants to confront the positions of racial and gender claim raised by these authors and to open a debate that interacts with gender and 'racial' ideologies brought by a patriarchal structure, addressing its turning points with the nationalist discourse. Also form part of the discussion, his attachment with some traditional archetypes of gender roles and how the interpretations of his legacy have been developed in contemporary cuban academy.