Pepita Laguarda Batet
Pepita Laguarda Batet | |
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Born | 1919 Barcelona, ![]() |
Died | 2 September 1936 Granyén, Uesca, ![]() | (aged 16–17)
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service | ![]() |
Years of service | 1936 |
Unit | Ascaso Column |
Battles/wars | Spanish Civil War: |
Pepita Laguarda Batet (1919–1936)[1] was a Catalan militant anarchist.[2] In 1936, after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, she was incorporated into the libertarian ranks without having yet reached adulthood. She died in Uesca at the age of seventeen, fighting against the nationalist forces that controlled the city.
Biography[]
Pepita Laguarda Batetlived was brought up in the industrial district of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, just south-west of Barcelona. She joined the anarchists when still young and against the opinion of her family. Thus, she had to escape from her home in order to take up arms. In July 1936, she joined the militants in the fight against the military uprising in Barcelona. On 19 August, together with her boyfriend Juan Lopez Carvajal, she enlisted in the Ascaso Column and left for the Aragon front.
On 1 September she was seriously injured in the early morning while fighting near Uesca. When the wounded were removed from the front, the nationalist fire was directed at the Red Cross post. Laguarda was transferred first to the Vicién hospital and later to the Granyén Blood Hospital, where she died on 2 September at 9:30 a.m.[1][3] Juan López Carvajal was the one who wrote the letter notifying the press of the death.[4][5] The chronicles of the time describe her as an enthusiastic and courageous personality, who at all times knew how to maintain integrity and presence of mind, even on her deathbed.
References[]
- ^ a b Heath, Nick (February 26, 2016). "Laguarda Batet, Pepita (1919-1936)". libcom.org. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ^ Llopis, Enric (February 18, 2016). ""Mujeres libres", anarquistas y feministas". Rojo y Negro (in Spanish). CGT. Archived from the original on 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- ^ Gabriel Cardona (1986). La batalla de Madrid. Historia 16. ISBN 978-84-85229-96-3.
- ^ Bellpuig, Jaime (September 13, 1939). "Nuestras Heroinas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Solidaridad obrera. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ Millán Muñío, María Angeles; Peña-Ardid, Carmen (2007). Las mujeres y los espacios fronterizos. Zaragoza: Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza. ISBN 9788477338871. Archived from the original on 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- 1919 births
- 1936 deaths
- Spanish anarchists
- Anarchists from Catalonia
- Women in war in Spain
- Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction)
- Anarchist partisans
- 20th-century Spanish women
- Women in the Spanish Civil War