Carmen Luna Alcázar
Carmen Luna Alcázar | |
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| Born | 31 August 1888 |
| Died | 18 September 1936 (aged 48) Utrera Municipal Cemetery |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Resting place | Mass grave at Cementerio Municipal de Utrera |
| Citizenship | Spain |
| Occupation(s) | Fruit and vegetable vendor |
| Era | Spanish Civil War |
| Known for | Feminist and anarchist killed by Franco's forces |
| Movement | Spanish republicanism |
| Spouse |
Antonio Romero García
(m. 1912)Francisco Peña López
(m. 1928) |
| Children | Ildefonso Romero Luna Rafael Romero Luna Dolores Romero Luna Antonio Peña Luna Dolores Peña Luna Camelia Peña Luna Rosario Peña Luna Francisco Peña Luna José Peña Luna Libertad Peña Luna |
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Carmen Luna Alcázar (31 August 1888 – 18 September 1936) was a Spanish feminist and anarchist executed by Francoist forces. From Utrera in the region of Andalusia, Spain, she worked as a fruit and vegetable vendor.
Luna was an example of the nascent Republican feminism. A Republican and an anarchist, she was concerned about injustices committed by the agrarian oligarchy. From her stall, she encouraged others in her community to make their voices heard and be politically active. When the Second Republic was proclaimed, she took to the streets of Utrera to with a Republican flag. After the July 1936 military uprising in Seville, events quickly reached her hometown and sent Luna into hiding with her family. While later escaping, she decided to return because of her husband's poor health. Luna was subsequently captured and tortured, and paraded through town. She was then executed on 18 September 1936.
In 2019, a lookout near Parque del Muro in her home town of Utrera in Andalusia was renamed in Luna's honor.