📢📢 March is the month of the women! Therefore, the @WorkersEESC continues with the weekly tribute to important women who contributed to the Workers' Rights and Feminist movement.
#InternationalWomenDay2023 #MarchofWomen
Today, Clara Campoamor 🇪🇸💜👇🏾👇🏽👇🏼
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1/10 Born in 1888 in Madrid, Clara Campoamor was one of the most important figures in the Spanish feminist movement of the early 20th century. Her political activism was especially relevant during the Spanish II Republic (1931-1939)
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2/10 Despite growing up in a working-class family and facing numerous obstacles, Campoamor excelled academically and became a lawyer, later using her skills to fight for women's rights.
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3/10 In the early 1930s, Campoamor played a key role in the passage of a law granting Spanish women the right to vote, which had been fiercely opposed by traditionalists and the Catholic Church, among others.
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5/10 Campoamor's advocacy for women's rights made her a target of harassment and violence, and she was forced to flee Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
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6/10 While in exile, Campoamor continued to speak out against fascism and for human rights, earning recognition and respect from international organizations and leaders.
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7/10 Despite facing numerous challenges, Campoamor remained committed to social justice and continued to work for women's rights and workers' rights, and it made a great contribution to the development of feminist theory.
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8/10 She continued working in Switzerland as a lawyer, until she lost her eyesight and finally ended up dying because of cancer in 1972. Her body was not allowed to be buried in Spain, but her ashes are nowadays in Guipuzcoa.
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9/10 Campoamor once said, "To be a feminist means to be a woman who is free to choose her own destiny, without fear or coercion from men or society."
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10/10 Clara Campoamor's life and work remind us that the struggle for justice and equality is ongoing and that we must work tirelessly toward a better world for all. Her name has baptized theaters, squares, and stations all around Spain.
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RT to spread her life! Check this link to see the previous thread about Markievicz,Zetkin,and Pelletier. #InternationalWomenDay2023
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This was the last thread of our #MarchOfWomen. #StayTuned 4 more threads!
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4/10 In her famous speech to the Spanish Parliament in 1931, Campoamor argued passionately for women's right to vote, declaring that "we are not asking for favors, but for justice."
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