Insumisas

Bol Partner

Described throughout human history as "submissive," "fragile," "emotionally unstable," and located in the "universe of feelings" by thinkers such as Aristotle, Rousseau, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer, women have been cloistered in the role of mother and wife under guardianship. Powerful queens and regents such as Victoria of England, Elizabeth II, Maria Christina, and Eugenia de Montijo were forced to make decisions while, like other women of their time, their access to knowledge was controlled. The more daring among them had to disguise themselves as men or use male pseudonyms in order to be recognized for their creations in a world that was closed to them. From Baron de Coubertin's rejection of women's participation in the Olympics, to the echo of bourgeois suffragettes in Restoration Spain, through the women of the interwar period and the Lyceum Club Femenino, to their leading role in the Generation of '27 and the Second Republic, their complex existence in the postwar period, and their frustrations during the Transition. Insumisas is the story of the struggle of those who, throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, rebelled against established roles and fought for access to education, suffrage, cultural creation, science, politics, and sports.

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Pages: 272, Edition: 1, Paperback, Almuzara