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t. e. The status of women in Spain has evolved from the country 's earliest history, culture, and social norms. Throughout the late 20th century, Spain has undergone a transition from Francoist Spain (1939-1975), during which women's rights were severely restricted, to a democratic society where gender equality is a fundamental principle.
e. Women in modern pre-Second Republic Spain were marginalized by society, with very few legal rights. Pre-1900s, the most important feminists were in Spain were Teresa Claramunt and Teresa Mañe, who drew inspiration from foreign feminists. Prior to the 1900, literacy rates for women were at 10%. Education for women was primarily being pushed ...
50+ Influential Latina Women in History. 1. Dolores Huerta. Huerta is a civil rights activist and labor leader. She worked tirelessly to ensure farmworkers received US labor rights and co-founded ...
Dimensions. 318 cm × 276 cm (125.2 in × 108.7 in) Location. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Las Meninas (Spanish for ' The Ladies-in-waiting '[a] pronounced [las meˈninas]) is a 1656 painting in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Baroque. It has become one of the most widely analyzed works in ...
On October 25, 1785, Toypurina, a Tongva medicine woman rebels against the Spanish, leading an attack against Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. In 1796-1798, Wang Cong'er and Wang Nangxian are leaders and commanders of the White Lotus rebellion in China. In 1803, Lorenza Avemanay leads a revolt against Spanish occupation in Ecuador.
Marina [maˈɾina] or Malintzin [maˈlintsin] (c. 1500 – c. 1529), more popularly known as La Malinche [la maˈlintʃe], a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, became known for contributing to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521), by acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador Hernán ...
List of female ministers of Spain. María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, Elena Salgado, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, Carmen Calvo, Nadia Calviño and María Jesús Montero are the women that have been deputy prime minister of Spain, highest-ranking position held by a woman in Spain to date. Since 2011, all deputy prime ministers of Spain have ...
Miren Agur Meabe (born 1962), Basque writer and translator. Elena Medel (born 1985), poet, literary critic. Susana Medina (born 1966), poetry and prose in Spanish and English. Concha Méndez (1898–1986), poet, playwright, member of Generation of '27. Rosa Méndez Fonte (born 1957), Galician poet, writer, and researcher.