Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer (, Gimeno;

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, 1850 -

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, 1919) was a Spanish writer, editor, feminist, and transatlantic traveler. She was the author of novels and short stories, as well as non-fiction, including essays, opinion works, social commentaries, and theatrical reviews.

Early life and education

María de la Concepción Gimeno was born in Alcañiz on December 11, 1850. Her father, Juan Gimeno, was a high-ranking military officer and defender of the Bourbon Reforms. Her mother, María Francisca Gil Buizán, after being widowed, married a notary of the court of

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. She received her education in Zaragoza.

Career

In 1870, she moved to

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where she began her career as a journalist in ''El Correo de la Moda'' of Madrid. For this magazine, she published 16 articles, the most important ones being those dealing with women. In fact, Gimeno fought for the emancipation of women. Thanks to this magazine, she entered the social and literary circle where she began to have friendships with high-ranking women who were attentive to the emancipation of women. Gimeno became known in the literary gatherings of Wenceslao Ayguals de Izco. She founded and direction ''La Ilustración de la Mujer''. Besides ''El Correo de la Moda'', she collaborated in publications such as ''La Mujer'', and ''El Ramillete'' of

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, among others. Her correspondence from the early 1870s with the actor Manuel Catalina is preserved. Her success and public recognition began in 1883 in Mexico. In August 1883, she went to live in Mexico with her husband. There, she founded the publication ''El Álbum de la mujer: Periódico Ilustrado''. During her stay in Mexico, Gimeno became an example for many women as she was always in favor of women having access to culture and public education. On her return to Spain, she established ''El Álbum Ibero-Americano'' (Madrid, 1890), as an adaptation of the magazine she founded in Mexico. In Spain, she participated in the most important literary gatherings of the time. Throughout her life, she traveled around the world between Mexico, Venezuela, Guatemala, El Salvador, Germany, Italy and France. Gimeno was an active defender of women's rights, She wrote novels about marital infidelities, abandonment of women, and convents that served as shelters. Her novel ''Victorina ó heroísmo del corazón'' (1873), was published by Ramón Ortega y Frías. Among her other works are ''La mujer española'' (1877), ''El doctor alemán'' (1880), ''Elina Durval'' (1878), ''La mujer juzgada por una mujer'' (1882), ''Madres de hombres célebres'' (1884), ''Suplicio de una coqueta'' (1885), ''Evangelios de la mujer'', ''Vidas paralelas'', ''Mujeres de regia estirpe'', and ''Culpa y expiación''.

Personal life

At the age of 29, she married Francisco de Paula Flaquer, director of the publications ''La Aurora'' and ''El Álbum Ibero-Americano''. She died in

, Argentina in 1919.

Selected works

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References

External links

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