Ángela García Rives

A philosophy and letters graduate from Madrid's Central University, in 1913 she was the first woman to join the Spanish Corps of Archivists, Librarians, and Archeologists.

The following year she was engaged by the Spanish National Library, heading the cataloguing department from 1946 until her retirement in 1961.

She then studied philosophy and literature at the Central University, receiving the Special Prize for History at her graduation in 1912.

[2][3] She remained there for the next 46 years, heading the library's cataloguing department from January 1948 until her retirement in June 1961.

[4] The date of Ángela García Rives' death has not been established but she was apparently still living in 1968 when she was nominated as a candidate for the Medalla del Trabajo.