Benita Asas Manterola

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

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

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. ^ a b 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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