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SPAIN’S WOMEN INTELLECTUALS, 1890-1920

Dr Kirsty Hooper, University of Liverpool

 

 

María Mexía y Bechet (fl. 1917)

According to the cover of her book Para ser felices (Consejos a los niños), María Mexía (or Mejía) was “Profesora de Francés por oposición de las escuelas de adultas de esta corte” (Teacher of French by examination at schools for female adults). The Biblioteca “PRO INFANTIA”, which published Para ser felices, had been in existence since 1910, and regularly published essays and studies on childhood, by physicians, academics, and practitioners. Mexía was one of several women to have published in the collection, along with “la Srta. María del Pilar M. M.” (Nuevas orientaciones pedagógicas, 1911) and the Portuguese writer Alicia Pestana (Tendencias actuales en la tutela correccional de los menores, 1917).

 

Bibliography

  • Para ser felices (Consejos a los niños). Premio del concurso de 1917. Biblioteca PRO INFANTIA. Imprenta del Asilo de Huérfanos. Calle de Juan Bravo, 3. Madrid, 1917. BN

 

            

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The cover of Mexía’s Para ser felices (1917)

 

 


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