To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Barcelona History Museum is presenting “History through a female lens: Gender, women and the city”, a series of activities taking place in March that put women at the centre of history.
Events include a series of guided city tours, some of which will be led by recognised experts in the field, as well as express tours and a lecture.
The tours offer various routes through the city, highlighting the role of women at different times in history:
- “Showgirls and militiamen: El Paral·lel and Poble Sec neighbourhoods during the Civil War” (1 March) [link]
- “Strong-willed women in medieval Barcelona” (9 March) [link]
- “El Born: Silenced Voices: The Women of 1700” (9 March). [link]
Every Sunday in March, there will also be express tours on this theme at the Museum’s space in El Born.
- “The city of women: Barcelona and the beginnings of feminism” (16 March) [link]
- “Women and protest in the wake of industrialisation” (22 March) [link]
- “Women and the rearguard” (29 March) [link]
The Museum also offers tours designed and led by well-known experts in the field: “The bold, committed and combative new journalism of Irene Polo in Barcelona (1927–1936)”, by Glòria Santa-Maria Batlló (23 March) [link], and “Sexualities: XX / BCN. A century of struggle for sexual and gender freedoms”, by Miquel Missé (27 de March) [link].
Finally, Xavier Jou Badal’s lecture “Gender and mobility in the chocolate factory: Barcelona, 1910-1914” will be held on 24 March, as part of the “Conversations on urban history and heritage” organised by the Barcelona History Museum’s Centre for Research, Documentation and Discussion (CREDD) [link].
A list of the activities in the “History through a female lens” series, as well as other activities throughout the year that explore various themes, including “gender, women, and the city”, is available here.