Anna Freixas Explained

Anna Freixas
Birth Name:	Anna Freixas Farré
Birth Date:	21 July 1946
Birth Place:	Barcelona, Spain
Occupation:	Writer, professor
Awards:	(2009)
Alma Mater:	University of Barcelona
Employer:	University of Córdoba

Anna Freixas Farré (born 21 July 1946) is a Spanish feminist writer and retired university professor.

Biography

Anna Freixas graduated with a PhD in psychology at the University of Barcelona, where she was a pupil of, and where she developed the first years of her teaching career. In her doctoral thesis, she analyzed the self-perception of the aging process of women.^[1] In 1981 she arrived in Andalusia, when she entered the University of Córdoba, first at the Institute of Education Sciences and then the Faculty of Educational Sciences, where she was Professor of Evolutionary Psychology and Education.^[2] She also created and directed (from 1994 to 2001) the Women's Studies Classroom,^[3] later transformed into the Leonor de Guzmán Chair.^[4]

Her lines of research have concerned the aging of women, coeducation and feminism, and the evolution of research and teaching in psychology from a gender perspective. She is considered to have had pioneering contributions to the development of feminist gerontology in Spain.^[5]

Works

• Mujer y envejecimiento. Aspectos psicosociales (La Caixa Foundation, 1993)
• (Ed.) Abuelas, madres, hijas: La transmisión sociocultural del arte de envejecer (Icaria Editorial, 2005)^[6]
• Demà més: dones, vides i temps (Institut Català de les Dones, 2006)
• Nuestra menopausia: una versión no oficial (Paidós, 2007)^[7]
• Tan frescas. Las nuevas mujeres mayores del siglo XXI (Paidós, 2013)^[8]
• Sin reglas. Erótica y libertad femenina en la madurez (Capitán Swing, 2018)^[9]
• Yo, vieja. Apuntes de supervivencia para seres libres (Capitán Swing, 2021).^[10]

Awards and recognitions

• Freixas's work Mujer y envejecimiento. Aspectos psicosociales won the Dr. Rogeli Duocastella Award for Research in the Field of Social Sciences, given by the, in 1993.^[11]
• In 1999 she received the 6th Carmen de Burgos Feminist Disclosure Award, granted by the University of Málaga's Association of Historical and Women's Studies.^[12]
• In 2009 she received, ex aequo, the from the Regional Government of Andalusia, granted in recognition of work done by people and institutions in favor of equal rights between men and women, in the category of Artistic Production, Cultural, or Sports Initiatives.^[13]
• In 2019 she was named Doctor Honoris Causa by the Simón Bolívar University of Barranquilla (Colombia). First woman to have this recognition.^[14]
• In 2021 she received the Friends of the Elders 2021 Award.^[15]

Notes and References

1. News: 'Mujeres de todas las edades y opciones sexuales reclaman más intensidad, pasión y frecuencia sexual' . Women of All Ages and Sexual Options Claim More Intensity, Passion, and Sexual Frequency . Cristina . Barchi . . Spanish . 22 February 2018 . 12 July 2018.
2. Web site: Las profesoras Maria Jose Porro y Anna Freixas galardonadas con el premio Meridiana . The Professors Maria Jose Porro and Anna Freixas Winners of the Meridiana Award . . Spanish . 5 March 2009 . 12 July 2018.
3. News: 'Los hombres deberían aceptar su lado femenino: serían más felices' . 'Men Should Accept Their Feminine Side: They Would Be Happier . Moreno . Aristóteles . . Córdoba . 44 . Spanish . 20 November 2005 . 12 July 2018.
4. Web site: Freixas Farré, Anna . . Spanish . 25 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120219094902/http://www.uco.es/archivo_oral/index.php?option=com_dv&view=single&id=71&Itemid=2 . 19 February 2012 . dead. 12 July 2018.
5. Book: Maquieira d'Angelo, Virginia . Mujeres mayores en el siglo XXI . Senior Women in the 21st Century . Instituto de Migraciones y Servicios Sociales . 8484460541 . 9 . Spanish . 2002 . 12 July 2018.
6. Book: Abuelas, madres, hijas: la transmisión sociocultural del arte de envejecer . . 432973665 . 12 July 2018.
7. Book: Nuestra menopausia: una versión no oficial . . 123941289 . 12 July 2018.
8. Book: Tan frescas: las nuevas mujeres mayores en el siglo XXI . . 864198303 . 12 July 2018.
9. Web site: Sin reglas . Capitán Swing . Spanish . 12 July 2018.
10. Book: Freixas, Anna. Yo, vieja : apuntes de supervivencia para seres libres. Capitán Swing. 2021. 2021-12-17. 978-84-123902-9-2. 1269073674.
11. News: Bachiller. Carmen. 15 March 2018. 'Es necesario que las mujeres nos desprendamos de mandatos que nos enferman'. Spanish. It is Necessary for Women to Detach Themselves from Mandates that Make Us Sick. eldiario.es. 12 July 2018.
12. Web site: Memoria del premio. Record of the Award. 12 July 2018. University of Málaga. Spanish.
13. Book: Listado de personas, colectivos e instituciones premiadas en los Premios Meridiana (1998–2014). Regional Government of Andalusia. 12. Spanish. Listing of Persons, Collectives, and Institutions Awarded in the Meridiana Awards (1998–2014). 12 July 2018.
14. Web site: Anna Freixas, Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Barranquilla. 22 April 2019. Jiménez . Marta. 22 April 2019. cordopolis.es. es-ES.
15. Web site: Anna Freixas, Premio Amigos de los Mayores 2021. www.qmayor.com. 16 December 2021 .