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Doctors in Francoist Spain had two roles: to be moral protectors of Spanish reproduction and to provide science based medical services. This put male doctors in charge of women's birth control.
In the immediate post-Franco era, feminists were successful in decriminalizing adultery, divorce, abortion before three months, and some forms of birth control. The treatment of women's rights in the democratic transition put Spain in line with other European governments of the period.
Jun 19, 2024 · Francisco Franco, general and leader of the Nationalist forces that overthrew the Spanish democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War (1936–39); thereafter he was the head of the government of Spain until 1973 and head of state until his death in 1975.
- Stanley G. Payne
- Francisco Franco was a general and the leader of the Nationalist forces that overthrew the Spanish democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War (19...
- On July 18, 1936, in the Canary Islands, Francisco Franco announced a military rebellion against the Spanish republic. After landing in Spain, Fran...
- Francisco Franco’s family life was not entirely happy. His father, an officer in the Spanish Naval Administrative Corps, was eccentric and somewhat...
- Like four generations and his elder brother before him, Francisco Franco was originally destined for a career as a naval officer, but reduction of...
The Board for the Protection of Women or Women's Protection Board (Spanish: Patronato de Protección a la Mujer) was a public institution in Francoist Spain, established in 1941 under the Ministry of Justice.
Oct 12, 2023 · The powerful stories of three inspiring women who were forced to live in exile in the UK and the USA during the dictatorship of Spain’s General Franco have reached thousands of people within just days of their unveiling as part of a major historical research project.
Oct 11, 2018 · Stories of pioneering women in the “digging” sciences have been skewed toward those who were White, wealthy, and networked. The TrowelBlazers project aims to reset our imagination—and our future.
Nov 20, 2015 · Franco’s British biographer, Paul Preston, estimates that the dictator was responsible for the cold-blooded killings of upwards of 150,000 people, who were then buried in unmarked graves, during the war and in the years that followed.
