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Federica Montseny — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1905–1994 · Spain · Minister & militant

Federica Montseny

The anarchist in government

A movement's dilemma, personified.

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The CNT-FAI militant who became Spain's first female cabinet minister, embodying the wartime dilemma of anarchists forced to choose between purity and survival.

social

Pioneering feminist — first woman cabinet minister in Spain.

economic

Worker collectives and the abolition of wage labour.

governance

Anarcho-syndicalist who agonised over joining the wartime state.

Notable for
  • First female minister in Spain
  • CNT-FAI leader
  • Anarcha-feminist writer
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