The exhibition "Engine of Equality: La Residencia de Señoritas (1915-1936)" will be open until October 15, celebrating a unique, iconic, and pivotal institution in promoting equality in Spain. It is housed in the Ortega-Marañón Foundation's recently opened cultural space—an expansion at the rear of the central "casa" in Madrid that joins the historic 1930s building designed by Carlos Arniches on the corner of Miguel Ángel and General Martínez Campos streets.
La Residencia de Señoritas was founded in 1915 to facilitate women's access to higher education. Aligned with the reformist and liberal principles promoted by the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, this new group of women at the Residencia de Estudiantes, under the leadership of María de Maeztu, established pathways for women's educational and cultural development, as well as their integration into modern society.
The complete history is detailed in the exhibition catalog, "Motor de Igualdad: La Residencia de Señoritas (1915-1936)" by Margarita Márquez Padorno. For further reading, see the books "Ellas: Las estudiantes de la Residencia de Señoritas" by Encarnación Lemus López, and "La Residencia de Señoritas y otras redes culturales elementales" by Josefina Cuesta, María José Turrión García, and Rosa María Merino.
This article was written by Fabian Dejtiar. The translation is powered by AI.
