Victoria Kent (Unterscheidung)Helfer-Hub

Victoria Kent, also known as Victoria Kent Siano, was born to a well-to-do family in Málaga, Spain, and educated at home by her mother. Her father Don José Kent Román, was a merchant of English descent. In an era when Spanish women had hardly any role in public life, Victoria began to break down barriers when she studied law at the University of Madrid and became the first woman admitted to the bar in Madrid in 1924. In 1930, she became the first woman in the world to practice as a lawyer before a military tribunal when she defended politician Álvaro de Albornoz at his court martial for treason. She won his acquittal, which brought her national fame. The following year, she was elected as a member of a left-wing party to the first Parliament of the Second Spanish Republic. President Alcalá-Zamora appointed her Director General of Prisons, a post she held until 1934, in which she continued and expanded reforms in the prison service. She never defined herself as a feminist, and opposed women's suffrage, although she supported other equal opportunities for women. She lost her seat to the conservative majority in the elections of 1933.

After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, like many supporters of the Republic, Victoria went into exile -- first to Paris, where she worked in the Spanish Embassy, caring for refugee children. She remained in Paris until the start of World War II, when she was forced to take refuge in the Mexican Embassy for a year. Although the Fascists and their Nazi allies sentenced her to 30 years in prison, she was given shelter by the Red Cross in Boulogne, where she lived under a false identity. At that time, she wrote Cuatro Años en París (Four Years in Paris), a semi-autobiographical novel. In 1948, she moved to Mexico, but then immigrated to the USA, settling in New York City. From there she led a study of the poor conditions of prisons in Latin America. Between 1951 and 1957, she served as a Minister Without Portfolio for the Spanish Republic's government-in-exile. She also founded a magazine for Spanish exiles like herself called Iberica, financed by her partner, Louise Crane, which she published for 20 years (1954–1974). In 1977, Victoria was allowed to return on a visit to Spain, where she was welcomed with admiration.

1) Spanish (1891-1987) Non-Fiction

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