Benita Asas Manterola Explained

Benita Asas Manterola
Birth Date:4 March 1873
Birth Place:San Sebastian, Spain
Death Place:Bilbao, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Known For:Suffragist 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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Tolliver . Joyce . Cigar smoke and violet water: gendered discourse in the stories of Emilia Pardo Bazán . 1998 . Bucknell University Press . 0838753752 . 63.
  2. Web site: Tavera García . Susanna . Benita Asas Manterola . Real Academia de la Historia . 16 March 2019.
  3. Web site: José Villa . Maria . Benita Asas Manterola . Bilbaopedia . University of the Basque Country . 16 March 2019.
  4. Web site: Estornes Zubizarreta . Idoia . Idoia Estornés Zubizarreta . Asas Manterola, Benita . Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia . Fondo Bernardo Estornés Lasa . 16 March 2019 . es.
  5. News: Europa Press . Bilbao dedica una calle a la maestra y sufragista Benita Asas. Deia, Noticias de Bizkaia . 16 March 2019 . Deia . March 1, 2017 . es.