The life of the spanish woman under the francoist regime (1940-1978).
Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyse the social context in which Spanish women lived
between the end of the Spanish Civil War (1939) and the transition (1978), and examine to
what extent the said context affected their professional lives and created conditions to achieve
forms of self-realisation. This research sets out to study the situation of women in the
workplace and labour market of the period and to explore how they were able to give meaning
to their existence through their social and personal lives. To this end, we will take into account
the element associated with belonging to a given social class, as this variable influenced the
opportunities for cultural and professional development. In this line of thought, it is necessary
to point out that the methodological approach used for this study is based on oral history,
taking as a starting point the testimonies collected by the researchers between the years 2006
and 2007. Consequently, it is important to note that 200 women were interviewed from 7 of
Spain’s autonomous communities, with an average age of 78, and who at the time were all
living in retirement homes.
Based on this information, and after processing the data and subsequent analysis, we
arrive at a series of conclusions of fundamental importance, which enable us to detect the most
significant behaviours of this generation of women who are known today as the “solidarity
generation”, and which was one of the key elements that drove the process of transition.
Universal identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10641/1541
Date: 2018
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