Carmen de Burgos

Her father José de Burgos Cañizares and her uncle Ferdinand were in charge of the vice-consulate of Portugal in Almeria.

She and her remaining daughter left her abusive and unfaithful husband and they set up their own house in Guadalajara where her first book was written.

[3] Burgos regarded herself as a feminist but her gender meant that her writings were not included when evaluations were made of Spanish (male) modernism.

[5] It has been noted that Burgos raised controversial subjects concerning gender, the law and rights but her writing did not offer a solution.

[6] She also served as the first president of the International League of Iberian and Latin American Women (Liga Internacional de Mujeres Ibéricas e Hispanoamericanas).