Club Femení i d'Esports de Barcelona explained
| Clubname: | Club Femení i d'Esports de Barcelona |
| Fullname: | Club Femení i d'Esports de Barcelona |
| Founded: | 14 October 1928 |
| Dissolved: | 1939 |
The Club Femení i d'Esports de Barcelona was the most important sports and feminist organisation in pre-war Barcelona, linked to progressive and Catalanist political proposals.[1] The club was founded on the initiative of Teresa Torrens and Enriqueta Sèculi on 14 October 1928, a few years before the another important cultural space for women in the city during the 1930s, the .[2] [3] The latter followed a European model and was frequented by intellectuals, while the Club Femení i d'Esports was the first exclusively female sports organisation in Spain, with an aim to being accessible to all women.[4]
In December 1928, shortly after its foundation, the Club already had five hundred members and on 1 May 1929, there were already one thousand.
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Notes and References
- Web site: Club Femení i d'Esports . Women's and Sports Club . ca . www.enciclopedia.cat . 8 May 2024 .
- Web site: El Club Femení i d'Esports de Barcelona, plataforma d'acció cultural . The Women's and Sports Club of Barcelona, platform for cultural action . ca . portalrecerca.uab.cat . 1998 . 978-84-7826-952-5 . 8 May 2024 . Mercadal . Neus Real . L'Abadia de Montserrat .
- Web site: El Club Femení i d'Esports, el primer de l'estat només de dones, és de Barcelona . The Women's and Sports Club, the first in the state for women only, is from Barcelona . ca . beteve.cat . 15 September 2020 . 8 May 2024 .
- Web site: El Club Femení i d'Esports de Barcelona. Institut Català de les Dones. Generalitat de Catalunya . 8 May 2024 . The Women's and Sports Club of Barcelona. Catalan Women's Institute. Government of Catalonia . ca . dones.gencat.cat . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175058/http://dones.gencat.cat/ca/temes/visibilitzacio_dones/cultura/moments_historics/cos/069_club_femeni/ . 2016-03-03 .
