La revolución de las invisibles

It is time that women also write the history of Spain. Why do we assume that the Altamira paintings were made by men? Why do we know Seneca, but not Helvia, her mother and her philosopher? Why did María de Zayas never figure among the great writers of the Golden Age? It has always been said that history is written by the victors, and there has been no greater winner than man, while women have been relegated to an eternal secondary role. But that situation ends today. In this book, Sandra Ferrer, an author specializing in the history of women, tells us the history of Spain, from prehistory to the 21st century, but not the history that we all know, but that of the Spain that they built, whose experiences They have been silent for so long. From the beginning of the settlement of the Peninsula, through Roman Hispania, Muslim al-Andalus or the Spain of the Enlightenment, a thousand and one female voices will invite us to walk with them through the streets of the cities and towns of Spain, discovering not only the great madrassas and the athenaeums and centers of learning, but also the life inside the houses, the convents and even the ships that sailed to the Americas. The revolution of the invisible women is a new way of understanding our past and our present, as fascinating as it is necessary, and of bringing back to light all those women who, with their effort and dedication, made Spain and its history.