An anti-Franco militiawoman from the Les Corts neighbourhood who was one of the seven women in the group of one hundred armed soldiers known as the Aguilons de les Corts, whose aim was to fight Franco's troops during the Civil War. She took part in the attack on the Model prison to free political prisoners and in the armed struggle at the Pedralbes Barracks, where she remembers they had guns but had forgotten the bullets. A few years earlier, in 1933, she had been arrested for being in possession of a pistol and ended up in the Reina Amàlia women's prison, which was demolished in 1936 and where today a memorial lectern can be found. In December 1938 she crossed the French border and ended up in the Argelès-sur-Mer refugee camp. In 1942 she returned to Barcelona and opened a stall at Sant Antoni Market, which became a clandestine meeting point for the anarchist movement. Linked to the CNT and CGT trade unions, she is a local icon of anti-fascist activism and participated in local associations. At the end of the 1990s she joined the Women of '36 collective, which works to reclaim and restore the memory of women who suffered repression during the Civil War.

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Barcelona 1915 - 2014 ID 8168

An anarchist and anti-fascist activist, she fought Franco's troops during the Spanish Civil War and participated in the attack against the Model Prison to release political prisoners. She spent time at the refugee camp in Argelès-sur-Mer.