Concepción Arenal

Concepción Arenal
Born
María de la Concepción Jesusa Luisa Petra Vicenta del Arenal y Ponte

(1820-01-31)31 January 1820
Died4 February 1893(1893-02-04) (aged 73)
Vigo (Pontevedra), Spain
SpouseFernando García Carrasco (m. 1848)
Children3

Concepción Arenal Ponte (Ferrol, 31 January 1820 – Vigo, 4 February 1893) was a graduate in law, thinker, journalist, poet and Galician dramatic author within the literary Realism and pioneer in Spanish feminism. Born in Ferrol, Galicia, she excelled in literature and was the first woman to attend university in Spain. She was also a pioneer and founder of the feminist movement in Spain.