Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols

Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols was a Spanish Catalan educator and promoter of female education in Catalonia. She established Biblioteca Popular de la Dona , first library exclusively for women in Europe, in Barcelona in 1909.

Bonnemaison was born onApril 1872 in Barcelona to father of French origin and Catalan mother. Her father was an affluent businessman. She was given a strong religious upbringing and learnt different languages, painting and music in her early life.

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