This aflicle analyzes the life and work of Amanda Labarca Hubertson, connoted educator, writer and feminist. Pioneer in the topic of female rights, she was one of the first women in the continent in change of a university class, activity that links her to the emergence of Psychology in Chile. From thc analysis of diversc sources of information, this heroine's portrait is reconstructed from a psyco historical perspective. It is possible to conclude that the impact that her figure represents in the social and cultural space of the time she lived in, shadows the intimacy of her private world. Amanda moves between vanguard and tradition, including in her work diverse functions and opening new perspectives for women of her time.