Urania Mella Serrano

Urania Mella 1899-1945 e Humberto Solleiro 1896-1936

Urania Mella Serrano, (

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, 1900 -

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, 1945) was a Galician politician, and forerunner of the women's

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. Her father was the

anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...

intellectual Ricardo Mella Cea, and her mother, Esperanza Serrano, was the daughter of

Juan Serrano Oteiza Juan Serrano Oteiza, or Juan Serrano y Oteyza (6 May 1837, in Madrid – 26 March 1886, in Madrid) was a Spanish jurist, writer and politician; one of the most prominent anarchists in 19th century Spain. Life & Career His father taught him the ...

, a well-known anarchist from

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and founder of the magazine ''Revista Social''. Urania was president of the viguese branch of the

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. 1900 births 1945 deaths People from Vigo Politicians from Galicia (Spain) Spanish women in politics {{Spain-politician-stub