Elena Catena

Elena Catena
Born
Elena Catena López

(1920-11-12)12 November 1920
Salamanca, Spain
Died19 January 2012(2012-01-19) (aged 91)
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
OccupationAcademic

Elena Catena López (12 November 1920 – 19 January 2012) was a Spanish university professor, philologist, publisher, and feminist.[1][2] She was one of the first women to obtain a doctorate in Philosophy and Literature [es] at the Complutense University of Madrid, and the first to reach the position of vice dean of that same faculty. In 1960 she co-founded the Seminar on Women's Sociological Studies.

  1. ^ de la Fuente, Inmaculada (24 January 2012). "Elena Catena, impulsora de la literatura femenina" [Elena Catena, Promoter of Women's Literature]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Elena Catena López". Hispanistas Portal (in Spanish). Instituto Cervantes. Archived from the original on 8 September 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2017.