Overview
Las apasionantes vidas de cincuenta mujeres olvidadas que construyeron la historia de España.
Una ilustradora antifascista, la pasión femenina de Lorca, la fusilera que fue azote de los franceses durante la guerra de la Independencia, la mejor trapecista del mundo, la guerrera de Lepanto, las hermanas Sorolla, la creadora de la muñeca Mariquita Pérez, la cantante de ópera que pudo ser reina o la esclava que se convirtió en la dramaturga más importante del Siglo de Oro son solo algunas de las 50 vidas que recoge este libro. Los sufrimientos, luchas, esperanzas e increíbles gestas de todas estas mujeres que, con su visión talentosa, a veces compleja y silenciosa, y siempre polifacética, trataron de construir un mundo más igualitario a través de su excelsa capacidad y de su excepcional talento creativo.
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ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The fascinating lives of fifty forgotten women who played influential roles in Spanish history.
An anti-fascist illustrator, Lorca’s female love, the riflewoman who was the scourge of the French during the war of Independence, the world’s best trapeze artist, the woman warrior of Lepanto, the Sorolla sisters, the creator of the Mariquita Pérez doll, the opera singer who could have been queen, or the slave who was the most important female playwright of the Spanish Golden Age... These are just a some of the 50 women profiled in this book. With their sufferings, struggles, hopes and talents, they labored – often in silence – to build a more equitable society.
They may not have received the recognition they deserved in their own lifetimes, but all were ONE OF A KIND.
Una ilustradora antifascista, la pasión femenina de Lorca, la fusilera que fue azote de los franceses durante la guerra de la Independencia, la mejor trapecista del mundo, la guerrera de Lepanto, las hermanas Sorolla, la creadora de la muñeca Mariquita Pérez, la cantante de ópera que pudo ser reina o la esclava que se convirtió en la dramaturga más importante del Siglo de Oro son solo algunas de las 50 vidas que recoge este libro. Los sufrimientos, luchas, esperanzas e increíbles gestas de todas estas mujeres que, con su visión talentosa, a veces compleja y silenciosa, y siempre polifacética, trataron de construir un mundo más igualitario a través de su excelsa capacidad y de su excepcional talento creativo.
Ninguna fue reconocida pero todas fueron ÚNICAS.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The fascinating lives of fifty forgotten women who played influential roles in Spanish history.
An anti-fascist illustrator, Lorca’s female love, the riflewoman who was the scourge of the French during the war of Independence, the world’s best trapeze artist, the woman warrior of Lepanto, the Sorolla sisters, the creator of the Mariquita Pérez doll, the opera singer who could have been queen, or the slave who was the most important female playwright of the Spanish Golden Age... These are just a some of the 50 women profiled in this book. With their sufferings, struggles, hopes and talents, they labored – often in silence – to build a more equitable society.
They may not have received the recognition they deserved in their own lifetimes, but all were ONE OF A KIND.
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