Madrid women: Emilia Pardo Bazar
Another woman that stuck out to me in Spain was Emilia Pardo Bazar. She was an amazing feminist for her time. She was a Spanish novelist, literary critic, professor, translator, and editor in her life. She was a realism and naturalism writer. She was the first woman to become a literature professor but that came with a lot of difficulty. The male professor would boycott her classes by threatening the student to fail them if they attended her classes. She didn’t let that get in her way. She still continue teach as different unvisity and hold lecture for people. I like how she different her gender get in her way from accomplishing great thing. (Wikipedia)
I think what makes Emilia Pardo Bazar's contribution to the city important is that she paved the way for women to have access to higher education, especially in literature. She broke the barriers of the idea that women shouldn’t be yea her literature and didn’t let anyone get in her way. She brought new idea to literature like writing about poverty and the death penalty. She wrote about realistic things and lead the example that women saws thing/issue in a different light and we should listen to them. She also didn’t put herself in a box and showed that a women could write differnt genres too like fansty, adventures, and non-fiction . Emilia can influence women that they can be great writers too.
I think Emilia Pardo Bazar was commemorated well. She has a statue dedicated to her in Madrid and in 1972, she was on the postage of Spain. Also on her 166th birthday, google celebrated her birthday by creating a google doodle dedicated to her. I feel like what could really show her achievement is to have a plaque dedicated to her at the university she went to (the same university Concepcion Arenal attended). The plaque can really show what she did to fight for women to have the access /right to a higher education. I’m glad that she is getting recognized in Spain and her memory live on there.
She was a remarkable woman and had a strong connection to Madrid. Learning about her allows us to understand Madrid as a cultural capital by reviewing her efforts for progression in the literary works as a woman. As a realist writer, she was one of the best Madrid has ever seen. Education is very important to this city, and she is a direct connection to that.
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