Back to search

Nuns in the elections to deputies of the Parliament of Catalonia in 1933

Date
1933
Archive
National Archive of Catalonia
Document type
Imatge fixa
Reference code
ANC1-42-N-9610
Link to the online document
Description

This photograph of the Brangulís, taken during the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia on November 19, 1933, documents a historic moment: the first time women were able to vote in Spain. The image, which shows nuns exercising the right to vote, symbolizes the ideological plurality and complexity of the moment. Women’s access to the ballot box was a fundamental step towards democratic equality, and Catalonia, with its restored Parliament, became the scene of this progress. It is a visual witness to the social and political transformation that Catalonia was experiencing, in tune with the European movements to recognize the civil and political rights of women.