{"id":102604,"date":"2020-03-16T09:48:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T08:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=102604"},"modified":"2020-03-17T18:26:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T17:26:19","slug":"influential-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/influential-women\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Barcelona\u2019s Most Influential Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many women have become famous for their entrepreneurial spirit, intelligence, courage and amazing contributions throughout Barcelona&#8217;s history. Maybe their names don\u2019t necessarily ring a bell, but what is sure, is that they have somehow had a great influence on Barcelona\u2019s and Spain\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Get to know some of these cultured, striving and sophisticated women, and discover why they have become of such an influence in the history of Barcelona. Today\u2019s article by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a> will tell you more. Let\u2019s get inspired by these women!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/meet-some-of-the-most-famous-catalan-sportsmen-and-sportswomen\/\">Meet some of the most famous Catalan sportsmen and sportswomen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/influential-women\/#Discover_the_lesser_known_history_of_Barcelonas_most_influential_women\" title=\"Discover the lesser known history of Barcelona\u2019s most influential women\">Discover the lesser known history of Barcelona\u2019s most influential women<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/influential-women\/#Santa_Eulalia\" title=\"Santa Eul\u00e0lia\">Santa Eul\u00e0lia<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/influential-women\/#Maria_Josefa_de_Massanes\" title=\"Mar\u00eda Josefa de Massan\u00e9s\">Mar\u00eda Josefa de Massan\u00e9s<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/influential-women\/#Maria_Josep_Colomer_i_Luque\" title=\"Maria Josep Colomer i Luque\">Maria Josep Colomer i Luque<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/influential-women\/#Margarida_Xirgu_i_Subira\" title=\"Margarida Xirgu i Subir\u00e0\">Margarida Xirgu i Subir\u00e0<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/influential-women\/#Josefina_Castellvi_i_Piulachs\" title=\"Josefina Castellv\u00ed i Piulachs\">Josefina Castellv\u00ed i Piulachs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/influential-women\/#Laia_Subirats_Mate\" title=\"Laia Subirats Mat\u00e9\">Laia Subirats Mat\u00e9<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Discover_the_lesser_known_history_of_Barcelonas_most_influential_women\"><\/span>Discover the lesser known history of Barcelona\u2019s most influential women<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_102607\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102607\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/typewriter-1248088_640.jpg\" alt=\"typewriter\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-102607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read about these smart and inspirational <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/womens-day-2020\/\"><strong>women<\/strong><\/a>, and decide which one will be your new hero!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Santa_Eulalia\"><\/span>Santa Eul\u00e0lia<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of Barcelona\u2019s most influential women was <strong>Santa Eul\u00e0lia<\/strong>. This woman was born in the year 290, in the neighbourhood of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/barcelona-rent\/horta-guinardo\/horta\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Horta<\/strong><\/a>. At that time Christianity was starting to spread in Europe, although Christians were still having a hard time practicing their beliefs, because they were still being persecuted and killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eul\u00e0lia, however, was very faithful to her religion, and she was therefore imprisoned. She was put on trial and then tortured. Nowadays there is still a street in the neighbourhood of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/barcelona-rent\/ciutat-vella\/gotico\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>El Gotic<\/strong><\/a> that carries her name: Baixada de Santa Eul\u00e0lia.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Maria_Josefa_de_Massanes\"><\/span>Mar\u00eda Josefa de Massan\u00e9s<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mar\u00eda Josefa de Massan\u00e9s was a great 19<sup>th<\/sup> century <strong>writer<\/strong> and <strong>poet<\/strong> in the Romantic era. Her mother died when she was just a child, and that explains why she was raised by her grandparents.\u00a0She helped her maternal grandmother with her work as an embroiderer, but she was also swept away by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelona-literature\/\"><strong>literature<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It inspired and motivated her so much, that she eventually became a very prestigious poet, and she was the first of her time.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Maria_Josep_Colomer_i_Luque\"><\/span>Maria Josep Colomer i Luque<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her story is a story full of courage, action and bravery. Maria Josep Colomer i Luque was born in Barcelona in 1913, and she became the <strong>first woman in Catalonia to fly a plane<\/strong>.\u00a0She grew up in a traditional bourgeois <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/family-activities\/\"><strong>family<\/strong><\/a>, but from an early age she already knew her future was in aeronautics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After meeting the architect of the airfield in Catalonia, she became the face of his marketing campaigns.\u00a0Instead of going to a women&#8217;s college to study, she flew &#8211; in secret &#8211; until she started her pilot training, while at the same time working at the airfield.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later in life she became a <strong>teacher<\/strong> and an <strong>instructor during the Civil War<\/strong>. Eventually she married and became a mother, and with this she gave up her career as a professional pilot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/girl-power\/\">Girl Power! A women-only trip to Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_102608\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102608\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pilot-4598188_640.jpg\" alt=\"cockpit\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-102608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Margarida_Xirgu_i_Subira\"><\/span>Margarida Xirgu i Subir\u00e0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Margarida Xirgu i Subir\u00e0 was an <strong>actress<\/strong> and <strong>theatre director<\/strong>. She was born in 1888, in the town of Molins de Rei in Barcelona. The first time she was on stage, she was only 12 years old.\u00a0She did not have an easy life when she was young, because she had to help out her family financially and therefore work in the clothing industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later in life she befriended Lorca and became a big star. She appeared in a couple of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/the-2018-womens-film-series\/\"><strong>films<\/strong><\/a> and then became a fantastic <strong>theatre director<\/strong>. In commemoration of her legacy, the square near Barcelona\u2019s Teatro Lliure carries her name.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Josefina_Castellvi_i_Piulachs\"><\/span>Josefina Castellv\u00ed i Piulachs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Josefina Castellv\u00ed i Piulachs was born in the 30s and was the first Spanish woman to go on an <strong>expedition to Antarctica<\/strong>.\u00a0She has a PhD in biological science from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/university-barcelona\/\"><strong>University of Barcelona<\/strong><\/a>, and she was a well-known research professor at the CSIC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During her career her work was rewarded with several prizes, such as the St. George&#8217;s Cross and the Gold Medal of the City of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Laia_Subirats_Mate\"><\/span>Laia Subirats Mat\u00e9<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Laia was born in Barcelona in 1985, and she studied Telecommunications Engineering. She has a PhD in Computer Science and a Master in Telematics.\u00a0She is still a very young researcher and well-known for her accomplishments on the subject of <strong>Artificial Intelligence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her main task is to spread her passion and knowledge, and she is one of today\u2019s most influential thinkers in Spain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Do you know other influential women in Barcelona?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"102604\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate us!<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many women have become famous for their entrepreneurial spirit, intelligence, courage and amazing contributions throughout Barcelona&#8217;s history. 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