Teresa Claramunt (1862 - 1931)

Wed Jun 04, 1862

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Teresa Claramunt, born on this day in 1862, was a Catalan anarcho-syndicalist, feminist, and labor organizer who helped publish the influential radical magazine “El Productor”.

Claramunt played an active role in Spanish workers’ movements, participating in a 1902 general strike in Barcelona and giving multiple speeches during the Tragic Week of 1909.

Her radicalization began as a textile employee, and she founded an anarchist group in Sabadell which participated in a seven-week strike in 1883. She also authored a text, “La mujer, Consideraciones generales sobre su estado ante las prerrogativas del hombre” (English: The woman, General considerations about her state before the prerogatives of the man), addressing the plight of the woman worker.