Clara Campoamor Noa Martin and Javier de Miguel Hello, my name is Clara Campoamor Rodríguez, I was born on February 12th 1888 in Madrid (Spain) and I died in exile on April 30th 1972 in Lausana (Switzerland). I was a Spanish politician and feminist who fought for the achievement of women's rights and suffrage during the drafting of the Spanish constitution of 1931. I was the daughter of the seamstress María Pilar Rodríguez and the accountant Manuel Campoamor. I had two brothers, although unfortunately only one of them survived and was called Ignacio. After my father’s early death, I had to contribute to the family economy, so when I was only ten years old, I had to leave school and began working. Dressmaker, clerk or telephone operator were some of the professions I performed. In later years, I even carried out new jobs. One of them was the secretary of a newspaper director, Salvador Cánovas Cervantes, in La Tribuna. Thanks to this position, I became interested in politics. For this reason, I began a bachelor's degree in 1920. Once I finished, I took a law school entrance exam and entered at the Complutense University of Madrid to study Laws. I graduated in 1924. After this, when I was 36 years old I held legal practice. I collaborated with the Socialist Liberal Group and made famous the motto “Republic! Always a republic!”. These years, I gave several conferences at the University, the Women's Association and at the Academy of Jurisprudence. I worked hard and orientated my struggles through the
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