Isabel Ferrer Giner (1736-1794), was a Spanish noblewoman and

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. She was a member of a rich noble family who never married but dedicated her life to pious charity, financed by her large personal dowry fortune. She founded and made donations to numerous schools and hospitals in contemporary Catalonia, and was particularly known for her school for girls, where poor girls were taught religion and the profession of sewing in order to support themselves.

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Diccionari Biogràfic de Dones: Isabel Ferrer Giner (Isabel, María, Benita, Ramona, Eugenia, Susana, Joaquina, Josefa, Margarita, Magdalena y Antonia Ferrer Giner )
� * Sanmartí, Montserrat (en premsa). «Burgeses i propietàries». En : Sanmartí, Carme; Sanmartí, Montserrat (eds). Catalanes del IX al XIX. Vic: Eumo. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrer Giner, Isabel 18th-century Spanish nobility 1736 births 1794 deaths Spanish philanthropists 18th-century philanthropists 18th-century women philanthropists