12 Facts About Clara Campoamor

Clara Campoamor Rodriguez was a Spanish politician, lawyer and writer, considered by some the mother of the Spanish feminist movement.

Clara Campoamor was one of the main promoters for women's suffrage in Spain, included in the Spanish Constitution of 1931 in part owing to her advocacy.

Clara Campoamor was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1931, before women were allowed to vote themselves.

Clara Campoamor later lost her parliamentary seat and briefly served as a government minister, before fleeing the country during the Spanish Civil War.

Clara Campoamor had joined this party because it was "republican, liberal, secular and democratic" and followed her own political ideology.

Clara Campoamor was part of the Constitutional Commission in charge of the preparation of the draft of the Constitution of the new republic composed of 21 deputies.

Clara Campoamor was considered the winner, and as a consequence, the adoption of the article 36, which enabled women's suffrage, was achieved with 161 votes in favor, 121 against.

In 1934, Clara Campoamor left the Radical Party because of its subordination to the CEDA and the excesses in the repression of the insurrection in Asturias.

Clara Campoamor's ashes were repatriated and buried at the Polloe Cemetery in San Sebastian in May 1972.

Clara Campoamor dedicated her life and career to stand up and fight for women's rights, writing the biographies of Concepcion Arenal and Juana Ines de la Cruz during her time in Argentina.

Clara Campoamor was the female figure chosen to appear on future euro coins, as the leading advocate of women's suffrage in the Second Republic.

In 2007, the Ministry of Development launched the ship Polivalente B-32 "Clara Campoamor", named in her honor and operated by the Maritime Security and Rescue Society.