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Amparo Poch y Gascón

1902 - 1968

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Amparo Poch y Gascón (15 October 1902 – 15 April 1968) was a Spanish anarchist, pacifist, doctor, and activist in the years leading up to and during the Spanish Civil War. Poch y Gascón was born in Zaragoza. She was one of the founding members of the Mujeres Libres and was appointed director of social assistance at the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance by Federica Montseny. She was responsible for organizing the Mujeres Libres in Barcelona and used her government position to promote the establishment of liberatorios de prostitución (liberation homes for prostitutes, where prostitutes could receive health care, psychotherapy and professional training to enable them to acquire economic independence through socially acceptable means). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Amparo Poch y Gascón is the 221st most popular extremist (up from 225th in 2024), the 1,397th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,501st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Amparo Poch y Gascón ranks 221 out of 283. Before her are Dick Turpin, Mary Ann Cotton, Ernst Zündel, Yoo Young-chul, Robert Berdella, and William Bonin. After her are Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, Mikhail Popkov, Milorad Ulemek, Mildred Gillars, Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss, and Abdullah Çatlı.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Amparo Poch y Gascón ranks 226. Before her are Nikolay Kamov, Kustaa Pihlajamäki, Felisberto Hernández, Mario Magnozzi, Herbert Copeland, and Yevgeny Petrov. After her are Zaharia Stancu, Milman Parry, Carlos Schneeberger, Sergey Lebedev, Rudolf Viertl, and Manuel Seoane. Among people deceased in 1968, Amparo Poch y Gascón ranks 175. Before her are Fernando Giudicelli, William Jordan, Herbert Copeland, Arnulf Øverland, Oscar Kreuzer, and Dorothy Gish. After her are Charles Bacon, Little Walter, Jan Johansson, Franchot Tone, Armand Blanchonnet, and Weegee.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Amparo Poch y Gascón ranks 1,397 out of 3,355. Before her are Luis Royo (1954), Julián Marías (1914), Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1933), Gloria Fuertes (1917), Vicente Espinel (1550), and César Sánchez (1971). After her are Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (1951), Josep Tarradellas (1899), José Sacristán (1937), Fran (1969), Martín Marculeta (1907), and Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (1600).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Spain

Among extremists born in Spain, Amparo Poch y Gascón ranks 4. Before her are Ramón Mercader (1913), Luis Carrero Blanco (1904), and Émile Henry (1872).

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