Action and reaction to the female vote. What does Azaña think?

09/02/2021

The Cervantes Institute closes the Café Azaña cycle with an interesting debate on the Diario de Azaña, written during the last thirty years of the politician’s life and which gathers first-hand information on the intricacies of Spanish politics during that period that covers from 1911 (reign of Alfonso XIII) to the end of the Civil War (1939).

Cervantes Institute, Madrid

Within the monographic program dedicated to the commemoration of Manuel Azaña at the 80th anniversary of his death in exile, organized by the Secretary of State for Democratic Memory, in collaboration with Acción Cultural Española, the Cervantes Institute ends the cycle with the last meeting dedicated to the newspapers that Azaña wrote, rescuing his impressions in the development of his professional life.

The participants in this colloquium will be the writer Anna Caballé and the writer and screenwriter Julia Montejo. The artistic action will be carried out by María Cabrera, who will perform a dance piece (Spanish: remembering La Argentina).

The event will take place on Tuesday, February 9, at 19:00 hours. In order to comply with the security rules to avoid the extension of the Covid, the capacity to the room is limited and with reserve space. The activity will be retransmitted in streaming through the Cervantes Institute direct channel and in Youtube channel.

The Diaries of Azaña were written during the last thirty years of the politician’s life and gather first-hand information about the intricacies of Spanish politics during that period from 1911 (reign of Alfonso XIII) to the end of the Civil War (1939). One of the issues discussed was the conflict that took place in the same Republican ranks and that eventually led to the approval of the right to vote for women. Azaña’s writings reflect the arguments of Clara Campoamor and Victoria Kent faced in favor and against the granting of the vote to women without limitations.