Galician women in the Residencia de Señoritas of Madrid, “On going away, they are like roses…”

Abstract

In this paper it will be presented a study about the Galician or linked to Galicia women which lived in the Residencia de Señoritas in Madrid between 1915 and 1936. First, it will be reviewed the history of the Residencia and its peculiarities into the scheme of the Board for Advanced Studies, focusing on the Galician women that lived there. After an statistical approach, we study the careers and lives of the Galician residents working with data extracted from primary sources of the Residencia de Señoritas’ Archive and also from bibliographic and newspaper sources. We don’t close conclusions waiting for future and necessary contributions to the subject.