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clara campoamor

  • birth Clara Campoamor Rodriguez

    He was born in Madrid into a humble family with liberal-progressive thinking. After a financially difficult childhood, Clara is forced to stop studying and go to work.
  • she start to studying

    Clara, after working in various newspapers, began a career in law.
  • she graduates with a degree in law.

    While in college, she began defending women's rights and trying to stop prostitution.
  • started at a law school

    started at a law school
    begins working at a law school with Victoria Kent
  • liberal socialist group

    After having refused to defend dictatorship on several occasions, Clara opposed it, taking her first steps in politics by joining the Liberal Socialist Group with Matilde Huici, which would later become a republican force.
  • elected deputy

    Clara is elected along with Margarita Nelken and Victoria Kent, being the first women to form part of the Republican Parliament.
  • Clara Campoamor speech

    Clara Campoamor speech
    Clara gives her famous speech in defense of women that will lead her to success with the approval of the right to vote for women supported by the PSOE and some right-wing Republicans, but against her own party.v
  • new constitution

    Together with the committee he begins to prepare a new constitution.
  • failure in the elections

    Clara is not elected as a representative and the left accuses her of having lost the elections.
  • Clara leaves her political party behindv

    Clara leaves her political party behindv
    After leaving her party, she tries to join others but unfortunately she is rejected and this causes her great sadness.
  • Clara abandons the female republic

  • publishes her first book

    publishes her first book
    In this book called "the female vote and I" Clara details her political intentions.
  • exile to paris

    When the civil war begins, Clara does not hesitate and goes to Paris.
  • publishes his second book "Spanish revolution seen by a republican"

    publishes his second book "Spanish revolution seen by a republican"
    In this book, Clara talks about how she experienced the revolution.
  • she moves to Argentina

    Clara moves to Argentina where she publishes The legal situation of Spanish women.
  • she try to return to Spain

    He tried to enter Spain but he was in danger because he belonged to Freemasonry.
  • exile to switzerland

    Seeing the danger he was in while in Spain, he went to Switzerland
  • Unfortunately, after having fought so hard, Clara Campoamor dies of cancer.