She established Biblioteca Popular de la Dona (lit.

Bonnemaison was born on 12 April 1872 in Barcelona to father of French origin and Catalan mother.

She was given a strong religious upbringing and learnt different languages, painting and music in her early life.

[1] In 1893, at the age of 21, she married Narcís Verdaguer i Callís, a lawyer and politician.

She established first library exclusively for women in Europe, Biblioteca Popular de la Dona (which was rechristened Biblioteca Francesca Bonnemaison), at Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera, Barcelona.