María Presentación Salas Larrazábal (22 November 1922 – 15 November 2008), also known as Mary Salas, was a Spanish writer and journalist who specialized in adult education and was a pioneer of women's laity. She was linked to Catholic Action and was the first president of the NGO Manos Unidas [es]. A key figure in the struggle for equality, in 1960 she co-founded the Seminar on Women's Sociological Studies, the precursor of modern gender studies in Spain, and in 1986 promoted the Women's Studies Forum that she chaired.
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22 November 1922 Burgos, Spain
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Died |
15 November 2008 (aged 85) Madrid, Spain
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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