Campoamor, Clara
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| born on | 12 February 1888 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Madrid, Spain, 40n24, 3w41 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m3w41 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   23°11'  28°15 Asc. 06°03'
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photo: Lucas Alcalde, license cc-by-sa-2.0
Biography
Spanish politician and feminist best known for her advocacy for women's rights and suffrage during the writing of the Spanish constitution of 1931. A child of a working-class family, Campoamor began work as a seamstress at age 13, later working in a number of government positions before securing entry to law school at the University of Madrid.
She became active in a number of women's organizations before standing for election as a member of the 1931 Constituent Assembly, to which she and two other women were elected despite the fact that Spanish women could not vote at the time. Her advocacy led to the inclusion of language in the 1931 constitution of Spain that guaranteed equality between men and women. She later lost her parliamentary seat and briefly served as a government minister before fleeing the country during the Spanish Civil War.
Campoamor died in Lausanne while in exile in Switzerland on 30 April 1972 at the age of 84.
Events
Source Notes
Eduardo Castellanos quotes La revolución española vista por una republicana - Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona, 2002 Page 19
"Nació en Madrid, el día 12 de febrero de 1888, a las diez de la mañana" ... "Según consta en el Libro 44 del Registro Civil de Nacimientos, folio 249, n° 283. Distrito Universidad"
Categories
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 84)
- Vocation : Law : Attorney
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ feminist
- Vocation : Politics : Public office (Member of Spanish Constituent Assembly)
