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La Dona a la Reraguarda

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Dones antifeixistes. La dona a la reraguarda. US Espera. (1937)

La Dona a la Reraguarda (The woman in the rear) was a section of the Comissariat de Propaganda [ca] (Propaganda Commissariat) of the Generalitat de Catalunya, during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39, which aimed to channel the help that women could provide to the combatants of the war.[1]

Carme Ballester i Llasat [ca], wife of president Lluís Companys was the honorary president; Anna Gil was part of its Board as president; and the general secretary was Maria Baldó i Massanet,[2] who was close to the Republican Left of Catalonia.[1] The organizations had delegations in several Catalan towns, such as Premià de Mar, Premià de Dalt, Arbúcies, and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.[3] [3] The organization with fairly autonomous in its work, which channeled aid to the combatants, both those at the front and those convalescing in the rear.[1] In May 1937, it included 34,000 women.[1] At the end of 1938, this section of the Propaganda Commissariat was reinforced by the Comissió Femenina d'Ajut al Combatent (Women's Commission of Aid to the Combatant), of the Commissariat itself.[1] Its headquarters were at Carrer Còrsega 314, in Barcelona, and later at Avinguda Diagonal (then Avinguda 14 d'Abril), 389.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Boquera Diago, Ester (16 July 2015). La batalla de la persuasió durant la Guerra Civil. El cas del Comissariat de Propaganda de la Generalitat de Catalunya (1936-1939) (Thesis) (in Catalan). Universitat Ramon Llull. pp. 200, 217, 236. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. ^ Tort Bardolet, Antoni (2012), «Maria Baldó Massanet». Diccionari biogràfic de dones. Xarxa Vives d'Universitats - Generalitat de Catalunya - Consell de Mallorca
  3. ^ "Ayuda a Madrid". La Vanguardia (in Catalan). 19 March 1937.