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Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain : The Junta de Damas de Honor y Merito, 1787–1823

Part of the New Hispanisms: Cultural and Literary Studies series
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In original essays drawn from a myriad of archival materials, Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain reveals how the members of the Junta de Damas de Honor y Mérito, founded in 1787 to administer charities and schools for impoverished women and children, claimed a role in the public sphere through their self-representation as civic mothers and created an enlightened legacy for modern feminism in Spain.

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