In the frontier: identity traits in María de Maeztu’s pedagogical Hispanic-American activity (1924-1936)

• Published in: Historia de la educación Vol. 34; pp. 287 - 303
• Main Author: Elvira M. MELIÁN
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 01-10-2016
• Subjects: educación de la mujer; hispano-americanismo femenino cristiano; junta para ampliación de estudios e investigaciones científicas; maría de maeztu; pedagogía; residencia de señoritas
• ISSN: 0212-0267; 2386-3846
• DOI: 10.14201/hedu201534287303

Spanish women are due to pedagogical efforts that consumed a huge part of María de Maeztu’s life. In opposition to the profuse studies about her Spanish work, there is a general unconsciousness about her leading role in the Christian-feminine educational strategy that, during the first third of the 20th century, pursued the cultural flowering of Hispano-American women. By analyzing her essays and conferences about the subject, and by examining her correspondence with other remarkable participants, we recover the «inside nature» of a movement closely linked to its members fundamental beliefs.