Women on Stamps

 The Sunday Stamps theme for Mothers Day (in the US, at least) is women, and I have three stamps sent by Eva. They are part of a larger series on important female historical Spanish figures who broke boundaries, making significant contributions to gender equality.

Issued in 2022, they celebrate Spanish women: Isabel Zendl, Clara Campoamor, and. Almudena Grandes. The hyperlinks below will take you to the Correos pages about the stamps.

Isabel Zandal (b. 1773, d. ?) was a nurse who ran an orphanage, and then in 1803 embarked for the New World on an expedition to distribute the smallpox vaccine. She ultimately settled in Mexico.

Clara Campoamor (b. 1898, d. 1972), the second ever female lawyer in Madrid, was a politician elected to Spain's congress, and successfully campaigned for the right for women to vote, which became a reality in 1933. Unfortunately the Spanish civil war reversed this decision, and she lived as an exile in South America and Europe. Her stamp was issued on the 50th anniversary of her death.

Almudena Grandes (b. 1960, d. 2021) is a renowned Spanish writer. She won many literary accolades for her writing, and is perhaps most well known for her historical fiction set during the Spanish civil war. Her 14 novels and 3 short story collections have been translated into many other languages, and many have been adapted into film.

For links to more women on stamps, head over to See it on a Postcard.