Clara Campoamor
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Spanish politician, feminist (1888-1972)
Key facts
- Born
- Clara Campoamor Rodríguez , ( 1888-02-12 ) 12 February 1888, Madrid , Spain
- Died
- 30 April 1972 (1972-04-30) (aged 84), Lausanne , Switzerland
- Alma mater
- University of Madrid
- Occupations
- Politician lawyer writer
- Years active
- 1929–1972
- Known for
- Feminism activism Women's suffrage
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eulalia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Madrid
- Place of death
- Lausanne
- Occupation
- suffragist
- Political party
- Radical Republican Party
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Field of work
- women's rights
- Image
- Clara Campoamor-2.jpg
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- date of death
- 1972-01-01
- Commons category
- Clara Campoamor
- place of burial
- Polloe Cemetery
- name in native language
- Clara Campoamor
- second family name in Spanish name
- Rodríguez
- date of birth
- 1888-02-12
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Encyclopedic overview
Clara Campoamor Rodríguez (12 February 1888 – 30 April 1972) was a Spanish politician, lawyer and writer, considered by some the mother of the Spanish feminist movement. She was one of the main promoters for women's suffrage in Spain, included in the Spanish Constitution of 1931 in part owing to her advocacy.
She was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1931, before women were allowed to vote themselves. She later lost her parliamentary seat and briefly served as a government minister, before fleeing the country during the Spanish Civil War. Campoamor died in exile in Switzerland, and was later buried at the Polloe Cemetery in San Sebastián, Spain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clara Campoamor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.