Ángeles López de Ayala y Molero (21 September 1858 – 29 January 1926)[ 1] was a Spanish playwright, narrator, journalist, and political activist, considered the leading feminist intellectual in that country in the late 19th century and early 20th century.[ 2] [ 3]
Biography
March of women of Barcelona, summoned by Ángeles López de Ayala, 10 July 1910, in favor of secular education.
Ángeles López de Ayala y Molero was born in Seville , 21 September 1858. Her views were based on Spanish Republicanism , feminism and Freemasonry ideologies. Along with the anarchist Teresa Claramunt and the spiritist Amalia Domingo Soler , she co-founded the Sociedad Autónoma de Mujeres de Barcelona (1892), which was considered the first feminist organization in Spain; and the Sociedad Progresiva Femenina in 1898.[ 4] A strong defender of women's rights, she affirmed that women need to emancipate themselves from the church and from male supremacy. She died Barcelona , 29 January 1926.
Selected works
Lo que conviene a un marido , 1880.
Don Gonzalo de Córdoba , 1880.[ 5]
El triunfo de la virtud , 1881.
Los terremotos de Andalucía o Justicia de Dios . Madrid: Tip. Huérfanos, 1886
Cuentos y cantares para los niños . Madrid: José Matarredona, 1888.
De tal siembra tal cosecha . Barcelona: Maucci, 1889.[ 6]
Absurdos sociales , Barcelona, 1899.[ 5]
Primitivo , 1900.[ 5]
References
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