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There was a time when being a woman was almost a crime. And yet, there were women who refused to be silenced.
This book is more than an essay: it is a living chronicle of resistance, memory, and transformation. Divided into two parts, it begins with a precise analysis of the Franco regime and its impact on women's lives, revealing how the Women's Section and the Patronage for the Protection of Women shaped a submissive, dependent, and silenced female identity for decades. It also addresses the difficulties encountered in establishing social services in Burgos.
The second part is the heartbeat of collective memory: a narrative that compiles the work carried out by the feminist movement during the Transition and post-Transition periods, focusing on the Burgos Women's Assembly. Pamphlets, meetings, campaigns, internal contradictions, external challenges… every page is a testament to the daily struggle for rights that seem basic today, but were unthinkable then.
Written from within activism, with rigor and emotion, this book recovers a story that should never have been forgotten: that of the women who built democracy from the margins.

María Ángeles González Delgado is a Spanish author, educator, and feminist activist specializing in equality education and the prevention of gender-based violence. She has participated in social and labor movements since the 1970s and in international forums such as the Beijing World Conference on Women (1995). She is the author of studies and educational materials, as well as works on working-class history and feminism, and has received institutional recognition for her educational work.