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Archivo Histórico Nacional | National Historical Archive (Madrid, Spain)

    Sample collection on women migrants at the National Historical Archive

    See more on our catalogue of primary sources HERE

    Collection: Clara Campoamor | Clara Campoamor (Spain, Switzerland, Argentina,1958-2000)

    Description: Clara Campoamor (1888-1972) was a Spanish lawyer, politician, writer, one of the great defenders of women’s rights in Spain. She processed the first divorce cases in Spain and pushed for universal suffrage in Spain. She left Spain for Switzerland at the outbreak of the Civil War, then lived in exile in Buenos Aires (Argentina) between 1938-1955. She then moved back to Lausanne (Switzerland) where she passed away in 1972.

    Archive address: Subdirección General de los Archivos Estatales.Plaza del Rey, 128004 Madrid, Spain

    Reference number: Diversos-general, 628, N.1-5

    Links: Visit the archive’s website, access the catalogue HERE and the collection HERE.

    Contributor: Sirpa Salenius