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The initiative 'Women's plural' of the Department of Social Rights and Family, will offer five guided tours in the last four months of the year.
This project seeks to "make visible and value that women have also been active participants in the history of the city of Murcia, valuing their biography and the outstanding role they had in the history itself and in the society of their time", Councilwoman Pilar Torres explained.
In addition, "these routes will modify and expand the historical perspective and make visible the contribution and the way to face the lives of women throughout our historical past knowing those heritage elements of the City of Murcia that have traditionally been visited and known since a masculine perspective. "
In each of the five routes may participate, free of charge, 30 people previously enrolling in the City Museum on the phone 968.274390 or in the email Museo.ciudad@ayto-murcia.es
The tours will be both inside and outside buildings, depending on the coherence of the discourse for each of the proposals.
In addition, the presence of sign interpreters is contemplated for those guided tours in which there are participants who require it.
The five routes of the last four months are as follows:
- 'Women and fair'.
This session will discuss the role of women in traditional festivals such as the September Fair.
Within civil or religious celebrations, women have always been on a secondary level.
In this visit we will give prominence to those women who from such diverse fields as bullfighting or the virgin's camaraderie enrich our heritage.
Visit: Bullring, Fine Arts Museum, Santo Domingo and Murcia Cathedral
Date: September 8
Meeting Point and registration: Bullring
- Family lineage transmitter.
From Luisa Fajardo to Francisca Soto.
Luisa Fajardo will inherit her father’s leadership by being in charge of perpetuating her family lineage, she was the mother of the first Marquis de los Vélez: Pedro Fajardo y Chacón.
Marriage alliances within the Murcian nobility, with women as maintainers of family honor, are reflected in the urban architecture of Murcia.
Visit: Vélez Chapel, Puxmarina Palace, Palace of the Fontes
Date: September 21
Meeting point: Plaza Hernández Amores (Plaza de la Cruz)
- Artisans and businesswomen.
Ginesa de Heredía and Josefa López del Olmo.
Murcian women of the eighteenth century, such as Ginesa de Heredía, torcedora, and Josefa López del Olmo "sedera businesswoman", are some of the few examples of silk crafts where women break the norm and did not occupy the lower strata.
The unions did not allow women to participate in their governing bodies, however their work was essential for the domestic, industrial and commercial economy.
Visit: Factory of Hilar Seda a la Piamontesa, Plaza de Santo Domingo, Trapería Streets, Silverware and Society
Date: October 19
Meeting point: Church of San Miguel
- Benefactors and patrons.
Dolores Torres and Pilar de la Cierva.
The women of the bourgeois families of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are assigned the social role of "kind face" of the Murcia oligarchy.
Visit: Zabalburu Building, Victoria Hotel, San Patricio Street and Belluga Square
Date: November 9
Meeting point: Almudí Palace
- Teachers and teachers.
María Maroto, María Moliner and Clara Smilg.
Girls' access to basic education, with the same curriculum and in the same spaces as boys and the pedagogical innovation proposed by some teachers, are one of the first steps towards equality.
Visit: Old School of Las Luisas, Plaza Fontes and Graduate Schools.
Date: November 30
Meeting point: Museum of the City.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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