Benita Asas Manterola

Benita Asas Manterola (4 March 1873 – 21 April 1968) was a Spanish teacher, journalist, and suffragist.

Benita Asas Manterola
Born(1873-03-04)4 March 1873
San Sebastian, Spain
Died21 April 1968(1968-04-21) (aged 95)
Bilbao, Spain
NationalitySpain
Known forSuffragist activism

Biography

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

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
  1. Tolliver, Joyce (1998). Cigar smoke and violet water: gendered discourse in the stories of Emilia Pardo Bazán. Bucknell University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0838753752.
  2. Tavera García, Susanna. "Benita Asas Manterola". Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. José Villa, Maria. "Benita Asas Manterola". Bilbaopedia. University of the Basque Country. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. Estornes Zubizarreta, Idoia. "Asas Manterola, Benita". Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish). Fondo Bernardo Estornés Lasa. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  5. 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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