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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.
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 ...
Clara Campoamor Rodríguez (12 February 1888 – 30 April 1972) was a Spanish politician, lawyer and writer, considered by some the mother of the Spanish feminist movement. She was one of the main promoters for women's suffrage in Spain, included in the Spanish Constitution of 1931 in part owing to her advocacy. She was elected to the ...
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 ...
21st-century Spanish women politicians (1 C, 223 P) * Spanish lesbian politicians (5 P) B. Basque women in politics (1 C, 43 P) G.
t. e. Feminists were involved in the Spanish Civil War, although the conditions underlying their involvement pre-dated the Second Republic. The feminist movement in Spain started during the 19th century, aiming to secure rights for women and striving for more than women could expect from their place in the home.
v. t. e. Women in the Second Republic period were formally allowed to enter the public sphere for the first time in Spanish cultural life, where they had a number of rights they had lacked before including the right to vote, divorce and access to higher education. The Second Spanish Republic had three elections, ones in 1931, 1933 and 1936.
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. Ana Merino (born 1971), poet, novelist, educator, living in the United States.