Tag: Girona
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A history of women and public toilets+baths in Spain
Unlike the United States and the United Kingdom, the history of women’s toilets and public bathrooms in Spain is not very well documented. That is a rather depressing given the debate, or lack of debate even, around converting single-sex toilets in Spain to dual-sexed toilets. This post is a first take on my part with…
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A history of lesbians in La Rioja, Spain
La Rioja is the smallest region in Spain by population, with only the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla having fewer residents; La Rioja has around 316,000 people compared to Ceuta and Mellila with around 84,000 each and the next smallest region of Cantabria with a population of around 584,000. The small population, the relatively…
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Second Spanish Republic and the Spanish Civil War (1931 – 1939)
The Second Republic created an opening for Spanish women, with laws changing to give women more rights, including the right to run for political office, to vote and to get a divorce.
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