An anarcho-syndicalist and feminist, Lola Iturbe Arizcuren was a member of the Committee of Anti-Fascist Militias during the Spanish Civil War, and also of the National Confederation of Labour. After Franco’s victory, she fled into exile in France, where she continued to fight fascism in collaboration with the French Resistance. A co-founder of the Mujeres Libres movement, she managed the publication of the magazine of the same name for which she also wrote articles under the pseudonyms Libertad and Kyralinai (1970). Moreover, she wrote for many anarchist journals and newspapers, such as Acción Social Obrera and El libertario, and in 1974 published the essay La mujer en la lucha social y en la Guerra Civil de España (Women in the Social Struggle and in the Spanish Civil War).
Today, near the La Pau and Besòs neighbourhoods, you’ll find a street called Calle Lola Iturbe, a tribute to her memory.
An anarcho-syndicalist and feminist, she participated in the Anti-fascist Militia Committee during the Spanish Civil War. She co-founded the movement Free Women and wrote multiple anarchist publications.