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In 1924 at the national elections Matilde Hidalgo was not given permission to vote by the authorities, but she later cited the Ecuadorian Constitution to be able to vote by demonstrating that the law, in the voting requirements, did not mention anything about the need to be of an specific gender but it only mentioned that people had to be 21 years old or older and they had to know how to write and read. She was later given permission to vote.

In spite of her father's absence, Juan Manuel Hidalgo, who died just before her birth in Loja in 1889, Matilde showed a great learning skill. Before the age of 4, she already knew how to write and read perfectly, she played the piano and also recited classic verses through the help of her brother Antonio.