Lola (Dolores) Iturbe (Barcelona, 1 August 1902 – Gijón, 5 January 1990)[1][2] was a prominent Spanish anarcho-syndicalist, trade unionist, activist, and journalist during the Second Spanish Republic,[3] and a member of the French Resistance during the Battle of France. She co-founded the anarcho-feminist movement, Mujeres Libres, and of the Comité de Milicias Antifascistas during the Spanish Civil War.
Biography
editWorking as a maid since childhood, she was self-taught. Iturbe was a member of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT). In 1921, she was joined by the anarchist, Juan Manuel Molina Mateo ("Juanel"). She was one of the founders of the anarcho-feminist movement, Mujeres Libres[4] and of the Comité de Milicias Antifascistas during the Spanish Civil War. She met Émilienne Morin in Brussels in 1928.[5] She chronicled the war for Tierra y Libertad from the Aragón front. At the end of the conflict, she and Juanel, a former secretary-general of the Federación Anarquista Ibérica, were exiled to France. [6] Together, they formed part of the French Resistance.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lola Iturbe, sindicalista libertaria, El País, 6 January 1990.
- ^ Lola Iturbe Archived 2018-01-17 at the Wayback Machine, lamalatesta.net.
- ^ Ackelsberg 2005, p. 47.
- ^ Juan Manuel Molina, enciclopedia.cat, Retrieved 15 September 2016
- ^ "MORIN [DURRUTI], Émilienne, Léontine " MIMI " - [Dictionnaire international des militants anarchistes]". militants-anarchistes.info. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ Ackelsberg 2005, p. 24.
Bibliography
edit- Ackelsberg, Martha A. (2005). Free Women of Spain: Anarchism and the Struggle for the Emancipation of Women. AK Press. ISBN 978-1-902593-96-8.
- Fontanillas, Antonia & Torres, Sonya. Lola Iturbe. Vida e ideal de una luchadora anarquista. Virus Editorial, Colección Acracia, Barcelona 2006. ISBN 978-84-96044-69-2
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