Ofelia Hooper

Ofelia Hooper Polo (Las Minas, Panama, 13 November 1900 – 23 September 1981) was a Panamanian sociologist, poet, professor, researcher, and civil rights activist.

She was the daughter of Maurice Hooper and Olimpia Polo Valdés. She worked at several print media in Panama, including La Antena (1931) and the Frontera (1937); she also edited Primicias in 1927. Together with Eda Nela, she was one of the first proponents of the avant-garde in Panamanian poetry.

She was one of the pioneers of the field of sociology in Panama, together with Demetrio Porras (1898–1972) and Georgina Jiménez de López (1904–1994). She was also a pioneering researcher of Panamanian agriculture.

• Aspects of rural social life in Panama (Spanish: Aspectos de la vida social rural de Panamá) (1945)
• Sketch of the rural Panamanian man (Spanish: Semblanza del hombre rural de Panamá) (1969)