The languages, an opportunity to study for women: from cultural varnish to professional issue (1910-1936)

Neste traballo incluído no número 26 monográfico de Innovación Educativa dedicado a «Xénero e Educación», analizamos o papel dos idiomas na educación da muller española, dende 1910 até o corte drástico da guerra civil, que terá fondas e tráxicas repercusións na educación xeral e na da muller en particular. Previamente, remontámonos á Restauración, na segunda metade do século XIX, e ás primeiras iniciativas en pro da educación feminina e a ensinanza de idiomas promovidas polos krausistas e a Institución Libre de Enseñanza. O traballo céntrase na Escola Central de Idiomas de Madrid, creada en 1911, e na presenza das mulleres nas súas aulas como alumnas e profesoras.This paper, included in the monographic number 26 of Innovación Educativa about «Gender and Education», analyzes the role of foreign languages in the Spanish Women’s education, since 1910 to the drastic cut of the Civil War, with deep and tragic impact in the general education and, particularly, in the women’s education. Previously, we go back to the Restoration, in the second middle of nineteenth century, and the first moves in favour of the women’s education and foreign languages teaching, promoted by the Krausist teachers and the Intitución Libre de Enseñanza. Our work focuses on the Languages Central School of Madrid, opened in 1911, and in the presence of women in its schoolrooms, as students and also as teachers