María Bruguera Pérez (6 November 1913 – 26 December 1992) was an anarcho-syndicalist who died in Madrid in 1992.

Bruguera came from a family of deep anarchist convictions in a PSOE dominated town in a Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) area.

There, her partner and mother would be killed, her brother and father had a narrow escape, and Burguera and her newborn son were captured.

Bruguera was an anarcho-syndicalist militant woman who served as an indefatigable fighter for her beliefs until her death in Madrid in 1992.

[1][2] Early on, she was involved with Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), fighting for workers' rights.

At the time of Bruguera's birth, her home town was predominantly socialist with a corporatist political setup.

While her father shared his anarcho-syndicalism thinking among political circles, it took time and the community had to self-teach themselves about the movement's teachings.

[1] Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) had organised the majority of peasants and workers in the Badajoz region by the end of the 1920s.

Many found themselves in the Coitadinha refugee camp near Noudar on the Portuguese side of the border.

[1] Given the limited options with the border being closes, Bruguera and her family traveled to a plot of land owned by Francisco Torrado.

Guardia Civil members patrolling the countryside discovered her, murdering Torrado and Elisa Pérez, along with others in the group.

[6] Bruguera's life was spared, and she was then taken to Jerez where she, for eight days alongside her son, she was hospitalized before being moved to a prison in Badajoz for a period of a year.

While her son was allowed to stay with her for the first nine months of her incarceration so she could nurse him, Antonio was eventually separated from her.

While she refused to work for nuns at convent run prisons, she continued utilizing her embroidery skills.

The relationship with Lobo gave Bruguera new energy to participate in the left wing struggle in Francoist Spain.

[1] The late 1950s and early 1960s saw severe repression of CNT by Francoist Spain that made activism even more difficult.

[6] Around this time, along with María Carrión and Lobo's sisters, Bruguera would become involved with the Committee of Free Women (Spanish: Comité de Mujeres Libres).

[2][6] This faction, already active with the Committee of Free Women, would be at the forefront of the founding of the magazine Mujeres Libertarias.

[1] Following her death on 26 December 1992 of natural causes, her body was cremated and her ashes laid to rest at La Almudena de Madrid Cemetery.

[1][5] At an emotional ceremony attended by family members and compatriots, her life struggle to assist other women and workers was viewed as being part of her generous to devotion to others.