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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Catherine M. Jaffe is professor of Spanish literature at Texas State University and the coeditor of several books, including Eve’s Enlightenment: Women’s Experience in Spain and Spanish America, 1726–1839. Elisa Martín-Valdepeñas Yagüe holds a doctorate in modern history from the National University of Distance Education in Spain. She coauthored, with Catherine M. Jaffe, María Lorenza de los Ríos, marquesa de Fuerte-Híjar: Vida y obra de una escritora del Siglo de las Luces.
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