MERCEDES MONTERO

Abstract: The academic year 2010–11 marked a century of the presence of Spanish women in university classrooms. The objective of this article is to outline the extent of women’s presence in higher education until 1936 and the initiatives that emerged in Spanish society that advocated this female presence. The article is based on an in-depth study of the scientific literature on the topic. It concerns books that vary considerably in genre, written from widely different perspectives. The article’s originality lies in the endeavour to compare these studies (something that has not been done thus far) and to compile a summary that organically presents the extent of Spanish women’s admission into universities. It is centred on the two most significant initiatives that upheld this movement: the Institución Libre de Enseñanza (ILE, Free Institute for Education) and the Institución Teresiana/Teresian Institute. The social milieu depicted is that of the bourgeois and erudite middle class, which was not very extensive, and in many cases, had little wealth. Up until the Spanish Civil War, this was the environment from which the majority of female university students emerged.

Key words: women; university; Spain 1910–1936; Liberalism; Catholicism; Public sphere

总结：1、2010-11学年是标志着西班牙女性出现在大学教室里的一年，本文的目的是陈述1936年西班牙校园才出现女性身影直到现在女性出现在大学校园里的状况。

2、本文建立在对该课题深入的科学的文化调查基础之上，且关注的范围很广。

来源：International Journal of Iberian Studies,Volume 24 Number 1

© 2011 Intellect Ltd Article. English language. doi: 10.1386/ijis.24.1.17_1.