Amalia Galárraga

Amalia Galárraga Azcarrunz (1884/1885 – 28 September 1971) was a Spanish feminist. She was one of the founders of the Lyceum Club of Madrid, and treasurer of its executive committee.

Amalia Galárraga
Born
Amalia Galárraga Azcarrunz

1884/1885
San Sebastián, Spain
Died (aged 86)
Madrid, Spain
Resting placePolloe Cemetery
Spouse(s)José María Salaverría
ChildrenMargarita Salaverría Galárraga

Biography

There is very little published data about Amalia Galárraga's life, although it is known that she was a good friend of Carmen Baroja, which is why she helped, along with her sister-in-law Carmen Monné, to finance the Lyceum Club of Madrid. Founded by 100 women from cultured social circles, and modeled on the Lyceum Club created by Constance Smedley in London, this was a forum for promoting the educational, cultural, and professional development of women. Galárraga served as the group's treasurer.[1][2][3][4][5]

At the request of Ernesto Giménez Caballero, she wrote a chronicle dedicated to her husband, José María Salaverría. This was published by Giménez Caballero in La Gaceta Literaria No. 48 on 15 December 1928, with the title "Los escritores vistos por su mujer. José María Salaverría".[6][7]

She left the Lyceum Club when moving to another residence.[8]

José María Salaverría

At the beginning of 1930, she participated in the founding of the Spanish Women's League for Peace, the result of the congress of associations for the League of Nations. This league was formed mainly by a group of pacifist women, most of whom, such as Galárraga, were also members of the Lyceum Club.[1]

She was married to José María Salaverría, with whom she had two daughters, Carmen and Margarita. The latter was Spain's first woman diplomat, serving as a plenipotentiary minister.[9]

After Salaverría's death, Amalia Galárraga lived in her hometown of San Sebastián. She died in Madrid on 28 September 1971 at the age of 86.[10] She is buried along with her husband in Polloe Cemetery.[9]

References
  1. Campoamor, Clara; Miranda, Neus Samblancat (2002). La revolución española vista por una republicana [The Spanish Revolution as Seen By a Republican] (in Spanish). Autonomous University of Barcelona. p. 27. ISBN 9788449022432. Retrieved 7 September 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. "Una placa en homenaje a las ilustres mujeres del Lyceum Club Femenino" [A Plaque in Tribute to the Illustrious Women of the Lyceum Women's Club] (in Spanish). City Council of Madrid. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. Rodrigo, Antonina (2005). María Lejárraga: una mujer en la sombra [María Lejárraga: A Woman in Shadow] (in Spanish). EDAF. p. 222. ISBN 9788496107380. Retrieved 6 September 2020 – via Google Books.
  4. "En el centenario de la 'Resi' (y 2)" [On the Centenary of the 'Resi' (and 2)]. El Imparcial (in Spanish). 13 August 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. Romero López, Dolores. "Mujeres traductoras en la edad de plata (1868–1939): identidad moderna y affidamento" [Female translators during the Silver Age of Spanish literature (1868–1939): modern identity and affidamento] (PDF). Hermēneus (in Spanish). Complutense University of Madrid: 193. ISSN 1139-7489. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  6. Arriaga Flórez, Mercedes, ed. (2009). Escritoras y figuras femeninas (literatura en castellano) [Women Writers and Figures (Literature in Castilian)] (in Spanish). ArCiBel Editores. p. 325. ISBN 9788496980471. Retrieved 7 September 2020 – via Google Books.
  7. Los escritores vistos por su mujer: José María Salaverría [The Writers Seen By Their Wives: José María Salaverría]. La Gaceta Literaria (Thesis) (in Spanish). 1928. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  8. Navarra Ordoño, Andreu (2005). José María Salaverría: escritor y periodista (1904–1940) [José María Salaverría: Writer and Journalist (1904–1940)] (PDF) (Thesis) (in Spanish). University of Barcelona. pp. 398, 492. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  9. "Necrologica: Doña Amalia Galarraga, viuda de don José María Salaverria". ABC (in Spanish). 29 August 1971. p. 51. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  10. "Doña Amalia Galarraga Azcarrunz". ABC (in Spanish). 29 September 1971. p. 103. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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