Carmen de Burgos (1867-1932)

Death: 9th October 1932
Location:  Cementerio Civil de la Almudena, Madrid, Spain
Photo taken by:  Strakhov
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Spanish journalist, writer and women's rights activist. Her novels deal with legal and political themes as well as taboo subjects including male and female homosexuality and transvestism. In 1906, Burgos became the first professional journalist in Spain in the capacity as editor of Madrid's Diario Universal.

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