Ángeles López de Ayala explained

Ángeles López de Ayala y Molero (21 September 1858 – 29 January 1926)^[1] was a Spanish playwright, narrator, journalist, and political activist, considered the leading feminist intellectual in that country in the late 19th century and early 20th century.^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Ángeles López de Ayala y Molero was born in Seville, 21 September 1858. Her views were based on Spanish Republicanism, feminism and Freemasonry ideologies. Along with the anarchist Teresa Claramunt and the spiritist Amalia Domingo Soler, she co-founded the Sociedad Autónoma de Mujeres de Barcelona (1892), which was considered the first feminist organization in Spain; and the Sociedad Progresiva Femenina in 1898.^[4] A strong defender of women's rights, she affirmed that women need to emancipate themselves from the church and from male supremacy. She died Barcelona, 29 January 1926.

Selected works

• Lo que conviene a un marido, 1880.
• Don Gonzalo de Córdoba, 1880.^[5]
• El triunfo de la virtud, 1881.
• Los terremotos de Andalucía o Justicia de Dios. Madrid: Tip. Huérfanos, 1886
• Cuentos y cantares para los niños. Madrid: José Matarredona, 1888.
• De tal siembra tal cosecha. Barcelona: Maucci, 1889.^[6]
• Absurdos sociales, Barcelona, 1899.
• Primitivo, 1900.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ángeles López de Ayala y Molero. 6 April 2003. escritoras.com. 11 May 2013.
2. Web site: Ángeles López de Ayala – Escriptora i feminista. barcelonaenfemeni.org. Catalan. 13 May 2013.
3. Web site: López de Ayala y Molero, Ángeles (1856–1926).. Fernández de Cano y Martín. J. R.. mcnbiografias.com. 13 May 2013.
4. Web site: La primera associació feminista. 13 July 2013. Curiositat.cat. Catalan. 13 May 2013.
5. Book: Gómez, Carmen Ramírez. Mujeres escritoras en la prensa andaluza del siglo XX: (1900–1950). 18 May 2013. 2000. Universidad de Sevilla. 9788447205608. 203–204.
6. Book: Ayala, Ángeles López de. De tal siembra tal cosecha: comedia original en tres actos y en verso. Henrich y Compa. 1899. 18 May 2013.