CONCEPCIÓN ARENAL PONTE

She was born in Ferrol, on 31 January 1820 and she died in Vigo, on 4 February 1893. She was a Spanish feminist writer and activist.

She was excellent in literature and was the first woman to attend university in Spain. She was also a pioneer and founder of the feminist movement in Spain. She went to university wearing men's clothes, because at the time, the university was prohibited to women.

When she finished her university studies, she married in 1848 with writer Fernando García Carrasco. In 1857, Fernando died, and concepción , a widow, with two children , moved to Cantabria. In 1863, she also became the first woman to receive the title of Women's correctional houses. Later, she published books of poetry and essays as "Letters to Criminals" and "Ode against slavery".

In 1827 She founded the Construction Beneficiary , a society dedicated to the construction of cheap houses for workers. Later he also worked in Spain organizing Red Cross Relief for the wounded of the carlist war.

Feminism was born in Spain thanks to Concepción Arenal. Concepción said "The woman has no other career than marriage, men learn a profession and women do not.

She died on February 4, 1893 in Vigo where she was buried. Her epitaph is the motto that accompanied throughout her life: to virtue, to life, to science