Federica Montseny

Federica Montseny
Frederica Montseny i Mañé
Minister of Health and Social Assistance
In office 4 November 1936 – 17 May 1937
Preceded by	Josep Tomàs i Piera
Succeeded by	Jesús Hernández Tomás (Health) Jaume Aiguader (Social Assistance)
Personal details
Born	(1905-02-12)12 February 1905 Madrid, Spain
Died	14 January 1994(1994-01-14) (aged 88) Toulouse, France
Spouse	Josep Esgleas Jaume
Children	Vida Esgleas Montseny Germinal Esgleas Montseny Blanca Esgleas Montseny

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Frederica Montseny i Mañé (Catalan: [munˈsɛɲ]; 1905–1994) was a Spanish anarchist and intellectual who served as Minister of Health and Social Assistance in the government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Civil War. She is known for being the first woman in Spanish history to be a cabinet minister and one of the first female ministers in Western Europe.

She was also known as a novelist and essayist. She published about fifty short novels with a romantic-social background aimed specifically at women of the proletarian class, as well as political, ethical, biographical and autobiographical writings (see "García Guirao, Pedro (1988)" in "Further reading" below.)