Changes in reading practices, fostered by feminist movements pushing to diversify the canon, have led to the rediscovery and reevaluation of the work of many women writers. The literary tradition and established social norms served to influence readers and their decisions either to accept or to reject certain discursive forms. The tone was set by the most obvious features of social realism, inevitably linked to the armed conflict that began in 1910 and remained very much alive in the memory of artists and their public. This chapter focuses on two cases: Nellie Campobello and Maria Luisa Ocampo Heredia. The tragedy of the removal, disappearance, and subsequent discovery of the remains of Campobello many years after her death attracted a great deal of media attention and led to a renewed interest in the writer and her work. The social inequalities associated with gender are a constant presence in the narrative of Ocampo and with even greater force than in her plays.