Benita Asas Manterola
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| Born | 4 March 1873 |
| Died | 21 April 1968 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Known for | Suffragist activism |
Benita Asas Manterola (4 March 1873 – 21 April 1968) was a Spanish teacher, journalist, and suffragist.
Biography
[edit]Benita Asas Manterola was born in San Sebastián. She trained as a teacher and worked in the Madrid public school system. Together with Pilar Fernández Selfa, Asas founded the bi-monthly periodical El Pensamiento Femenino, which ran from 1913 to 1917.[1] She was president of the Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Españolas (ANME) from 1924 to 1932.[2] Beginning in 1925, she also directed ANME's monthly newspaper, Mundo Feminino.[3] In 1929, she represented ANME at the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom international congress.[4] Asas was also a founding member of the Lyceum Club Femenino Español of Madrid, created by Maria de Maeztu Whitney. Asas died in Bilbao in 1968.[4]
Legacy
[edit]In 2017, a street in the city of Bilbao was renamed in recognition of Asas' contribution to the defense of women's rights.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Tolliver, Joyce (1998). Cigar smoke and violet water: gendered discourse in the stories of Emilia Pardo Bazán. Bucknell University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0838753752.
- ^ Tavera García, Susanna. "Benita Asas Manterola". Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ José Villa, Maria. "Benita Asas Manterola". Bilbaopedia. University of the Basque Country. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ a b Estornes Zubizarreta, Idoia. "Asas Manterola, Benita". Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish). Fondo Bernardo Estornés Lasa. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Europa Press (1 March 2017). "Bilbao dedica una calle a la maestra y sufragista Benita Asas. Deia, Noticias de Bizkaia". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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