Mujeres Libres (English: Free Women) was an anarchist women's organisation that existed in Spain from 1936 to 1939. Founded by Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Mercedes...

Mercedes Comaposada and Amparo Poch y Gascón, to form Mujeres Libres in 1936. Mujeres Libres was an autonomous anarchist organization for women committed...

membership of United Socialist Youth. The war also saw the folding of Mujeres Libres, the anarchist women's organisation (1936-1939), and women facing horrible...

poet and anarcha-feminist activist, best known for co-founding the Mujeres Libres organisation together with Mercedes Comaposada and Amparo Poch y Gascón...

Gascón was born in Zaragoza. She was one of the founding members of the Mujeres Libres and was appointed director of social assistance at the Ministry of Health...

prostitution continued and would not end until the official end of the war. Mujeres Libres became one of the most important women's anarchist organizations during...

Autónoma de Mujeres de Barcelona, an organization founded around 1891.  She and Claramunt sought to create Associación Librepensadora de Mujeres. Ságarra...

created or flourished. These included Asociación de Mujeres Antifascists (AMA), and Mujeres Libres. During the Spanish Civil War, various political and...

battles as to whether their autonomy should be personal or political. Mujeres Libres, founded by Lucia Sánchez Saornil, Mercedes Comaposada and Amparo Poch...

forces. They encounter resistance even within their own "Free Women" (Mujeres Libres) organization as one woman (that resembles Federica Montseny) tries...