Society Women and Enlightened Charity Spain: The Junta de Damas Honor y Mérito, 1787-1823 in Bloomington, MN

In original essays drawn from a myriad of archival materials,
Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain
reveals how the members of the Junta de Damas de Honor y Mérito, founded in 1787 to administer charities and schools for impoverished women and children, claimed a role in the public sphere through their self-representation as civic mothers and created an enlightened legacy for modern feminism in Spain.