De Burgos, Carmen
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| Birthname | Carmen de Burgos y Seguí | ||||
| born on | 10 December 1867 at 03:00 (= 03:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Níjar, Spain, 36n58, 2w12 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m2w12 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   17°38'   28°27 Asc. 27°19'
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Biography
Spanish journalist, writer, translator and women's rights activist, also known as Colombine, Gabriel Luna, Perico el de los Palotes, Raquel, Honorine and Marianel.
She is considered the first female professional journalist in Spain and in Spanish in her capacity as editor of of Madrid's Diario Universal in 1906. She served as the first president of the International League of Iberian and Latin American Women (Liga Internacional de Mujeres Ibéricas e Hispanoamericanas). During the period of General Franco, Burgos was written out of the history books in Spain. Following the restoration of democracy she was again recognised and replaced into the history of women's rights in Spain.
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Source Notes
Eduardo Castellanos quotes birth certificate in "Carmen de Burgos “Colombine” (Almería, 1867-Madrid, 1932)" by Antonio Sevillano Miralles and Anyes Segura Fernández, Universidad de Almería 2009
Categories
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ feminist
- Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction
- Vocation : Writers : Translator
