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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amparo Poch y Gascón has received more than 32,912 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Amparo Poch y Gascón is the 223rd most popular extremist, the 1,500th most popular biography from Spain and the 4th most popular Spanish Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Amparo Poch y Gascón ranks 223 out of 283. Before her are Marshall Applewhite, Alexander Pichushkin, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, Gary Gilmore, Robert Berdella, and John List. After her are John Christie, Mildred Gillars, Mikhail Popkov, Marvin Heemeyer, Donato Bilancia, and John Hinckley Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Amparo Poch y Gascón ranks 237. Before her are Stanley G. Weinbaum, Josef von Báky, Dulce María Loynaz, Théodore Monod, Giuseppe Lepori, and Georges Lacombe. After her are Solomon, Alexander Abusch, Julian Steward, Erast Garin, Francisco Martínez Soria, and Saverio Ragno. Among people deceased in 1968, Amparo Poch y Gascón ranks 186. Before her are Cuno Hoffmeister, Hugo Benioff, Arnulf Øverland, Nick Adams, Giuseppe Lepori, and Ellen Gleditsch. After her are Dorothy Holman, Wendell Corey, Antonio Pesenti, Luigi Cevenini, Willy Jäggi, and Francis Biddle.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Amparo Poch y Gascón ranks 1,500 out of 3,355. Before her are Miguel Fleta (1897), Joaquín Cortés (1969), José Planas (1901), Concha Piquer (1908), Gregorio Manzano (1956), and Carlos Sastre (1975). After her are Vicente Trueba (1905), Manuel Anatol (1903), Juan Antonio Ipiña (1912), Lucas Alcaraz (1966), Vicente Asensi (1919), and Amparo Baró (1937).

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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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