La enfermería en el exilio republicano español de 1939 a Franciauna aproximación para su estudio

  1. Rubén Mirón-González 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Alcalá
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    Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04pmn0e78

Journal:
Dynamis: Acta hispanica ad medicinae scientiarumque historiam illustrandam

ISSN: 0211-9536

Year of publication: 2020

Issue Title: La ayuda médica humanitaria a los refugiados españoles en Francia (1939-1950)

Volume: 40

Issue: 1

Pages: 49-65

Type: Article

DOI: 10.30827/DYNAMIS.V40I1.15658 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Between January and February 1939, nearly half a million Spanish Republican refugees passed through the Pyrenean border –a population movement called La Retirada. Nurses were the largest group of health care professionals among the Spanish exiles, but almost nothing is known about their work during the first few months of this exodus. The aim of this paper was to identify the care provided by Spanish and French nurses between January and September 1939. We also analyze the invisibility of their actions and the gender inequality in their work. To this end, we consulted documentation from 11 French archives and contemporary press and health publications and reviewed testimony from nurses and refugees. We examine the care provided by the nurses of the French Red Cross, which was disparaged by the conservative French press, and that of the Spanish nurses, who remained in the background due to their subordinate status and sex. Finally, we identify the main difficulties and opportunities for future research on Spanish nursing during the Republican exodus to France in 1939.

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Esta investigación tiene su origen en el proyecto «El exilio republicano andaluz de 1939» del Ministerio de la Presidencia (nº 321.1), entre los años 2010 y 2011, y el artículo ha sido financiado parcialmente por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación del Gobierno de España en el marco del proyecto de investigación «Acciones de socorro y tecnologías médicas en emergencias humanitarias (1850-1950): agencias, agendas, espacios y representaciones» (HAR2015-67723-P [MINECO/FEDER])

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