Redimir y adoctrinar. El Patronato de Protección a la Mujer (1941-1985)
A conversation with Carmen Guillén about the history of the Patronato de Protección a la Mujer (Board for the Protection of Women), a key Francoist institution aimed at the control and re-education of women and young girls. A meeting to learn about the research process and engage in dialogue with the public regarding memory, history, and women's rights. Date: Friday, November 13th at 6:30 PM. Location: Can Riera, Riera de l'Escorxador Street, 17. Limited capacity. Register here. Event organized by the Municipal Program for Women - CAID in collaboration with the Museum of L'Hospitalet - Democratic Memory. Carmen Guillén Lorente holds a PhD in Contemporary History and is a professor of History of Science at the Faculty of Medicine in Albacete (UCLM). Her research focuses on the history of sexuality in contemporary Spain, with special attention to female repression and institutional mechanisms for controlling women's bodies. She is the author of the first doctoral thesis on the Patronato de Protección a la Mujer, for which she received the award for the best doctoral thesis in the field of gender in 2021. In terms of outreach, she is a regular contributor to RTVE programs such as "El condensador de Fluzo" and "La aventura del saber."
