Federica Montseny
Federica Montseny | |
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Frederica Montseny i Mañé | |
| Minister of Health and Social Assistance | |
| In office 4 November 1936 – 17 May 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Josep Tomàs i Piera |
| Succeeded by | Jesús Hernández Tomás (Health) Jaume Aiguader (Social Assistance) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1905 |
| Died | 14 January 1994 (aged 88) |
| Spouse | Josep Esgleas Jaume |
| Children | Vida Esgleas Montseny Germinal Esgleas Montseny Blanca Esgleas Montseny |
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Frederica Montseny i Mañé (Catalan: [munˈsɛɲ]; 1905–1994) was a Spanish anarchist and intellectual who was a notable member of the CNT and served as Minister of Health and Social Assistance in the government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Civil War. She is known for being the first woman in Spanish history to be a cabinet minister and one of the first female ministers in Western Europe.
Following the defeat of anarchist forces in the Spanish Civil War, she managed to flee and enter into exile - continuing her anarchist militancy from abroad. Montseny was notably one of the main delegates at the Congress of Carrara (1968), one of the major anarchist congresses of the 20th century, where she represented the FAI.
She was also known as a novelist and essayist. She published about fifty short novels with a romantic-social background aimed specifically at women of the proletarian class, as well as political, ethical, biographical and autobiographical writings (see "García Guirao, Pedro (1988)" in "Further reading" below.)