Concepción Arenal

Birth of Concepción Arenal

Jan 31, 1820

Concepción Arenal was born on 31st of January of 1820 in Ferrol (A Coruña, Spain)

Starting University

1842

Concepción Arenal attends to University dressing as a man

Concepción gets married

Apr 10, 1848

Concepción Arenal meets her husband at University and gets married to to him

She has her first child

1849

Concepción Arenal has the first of her three children

She has her second child

1850

Concepción Arenal gives birth to her second chilc

She has her third child

1852

She starts to write on La Iberia

1854

She starts to colaborate on the newspaper "La Iberia"

Death of her husband

Jan 10, 1857

García Carrasco, her husband dies and this death provokes a bid and deep feeling of sadness to Concepción Arenal

She moves to Oviedo

1858

Concepción Arenal moves to Oviedo with her family

She is awared by the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences

1860

She is awared for her work "La beneficiencia, filantropía y la caridad" even she had written it under the pseudonym of Fernando

She is named Visitor of Women's Prisons

1864

She is so concerned about the life in prison that she name like that by the Minister

End of the slavery in the Spanish colonies

1865

In 1865, the Abolitionist Society was created to end slavery in the Spanish colonies.

Foundation of "La Voz de la Caridad"

1870

In 1870 he founded La Voz de la Caridad, a newspaper which for fourteen years was a platform for denouncing the abuses and immoralities present in both hospices and prisons of the time.

Last works

1892

From 1875 to 1892 she continued to write works with a strong social content and concerned for the weakest members of society.

Death of Concepción Arenal

Feb 4, 1893

In January 1893 his illness got worse and he finally died on 4 February.