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Hi, I'm Josefina Castellví. I was born on the 1st of July of 1935 in Barcelona. I studied Biology at Barcelona University and Paris University.  I have written a lot of books and more than 70 scientific articles   about Biology and Oceanology. In 1984 Marta Estrada and I  became the first Spanish women to go on an international scientific expedition to Antarctica. Between 1989 and 1995 I became the director of the National Antarctic Research Program. Besides, I received some prizes for my contribution to Biology and Oceanology: La Medalla de Oro de Barcelona (in 1994). Then, I began to write some books, one of them: I have lived on Antarctica…

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Das ist Pilar Citoler.
Sie kommt aus Zaragoza, aber sie wohnt in Madrid.
Pilar ist 85 Jahre alt und sie ist Zahnärztin. Sie hat eine Klinik in Madrid.
Pilar sammelt gern Bilder.

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Das ist Amparo Poch y Gascón. Sie wohnt in Frankreich und sie kommt aus Zaragoza. Sie ist 66 Jahre alt, aber sie ist eine gute Ärztin und Schriftstellerin. Sie malt gern und sie schreibt gern. Sie hilft den Frauen.

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Das ist Rita Fernández Queimadelos, sie ist Architektin. Sie kommt aus Galicia und sie wohnt in La Cañiza, sie ist 97 Jahre alt. Rita mag gern Mathemathik. Ihre Lieblingsfarbe ist blau. Sie hat sechs Kinder.

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My name is María José Alonso Fernández. I am Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, and I run a laboratory.

I investigate the development of nanostructures that serve to transport vaccines and drugs so they can reach their place safely. This is essential to reduce doses and eliminate unwanted effects.

I have directed many research projects, and created inventions protected through patents, I have also written some articles and books.

I have received important awards and on July 8, 2021 the National Nanotechnology Award.

I advise the Ministry of Science and the Ministry of Health.

Currently, I am working on the AIDS vaccine and on the early and non-invasive diagnosis of brain tumours.

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My name is María Antonia Blasco Marhuenda, I am a Spanish molecular biologist. I am the current director of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre.

I was born in 1965 in Verdegás (Alicante) and I obtained my PhD in 1993 under the supervision of Margarita Salas in the UAM-CSIC. The same year I joined the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in NY (USA). In 1997, I returned to Spain to star my own research at the Centro Nacional de Biotecnología in Madrid.

I have investigated about telomeres and telomerase. I received the European Molecular Biology Organization Gold Medal in 1994. I am one of the founders of the biotechnology firm Life Length.

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Hello, my name is Marta Navarro Zorraquino and I was born on the 29th of, July 1942 in Zaragoza, Spain.

I´m a scientist and the first Spanish woman surgeon. I´m a specialist in General and Digestive Surgery

I have been clinical head of the Lozano Blesa University Hospital in Zaragoza and delegate of Spain in the European Society for Surgical Research

I have been deputy director of the department of surgery, gynecology and obstetrics at the Lozano Blesa University Clinical Hospital in Zaragoza in 1975 and professor of surgical pathology and clinical practice at the University of Zaragoza in 1974.

Since 2010, I have been an extraordinary collaborating professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zaragoza and CIBA

I was the first woman to join the Medicine section of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. I´m a member of the New York Academy of Sciences.

I was the first Spanish woman admitted to the International Society of Surgery in 1976.

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I am biologist and professor of a Spanish university. I was born in Barcelona on the 5th of August of 1956.

I studied Biology and obtained my PhD in the Barcelona Autonomous University. I am teaching in Pompeu Fabra University.

Interested in human assisted reproduction, especially in vitro fertilization, in 1982 I became director of the biology section of the reproductive medicine service at the Dexeus Institute, a position she held until 2005.

I was the "scientific mother" of the first girl born by in vitro fertilization in Spain.

I am one of the persons in Spain working with stem cells and I am the director of the Bank of Cell Lines at the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona.

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Hello! My name is Jimena Fernández de la Vega

I was born on the 3th of June of 1895 in Vegadeo and my death was in 1984 in Santiago de Compostela. My father was also a doctor and my mother was a strong and brave woman.

I was a Spanish doctor, geneticist and teacher.

I studied Medicine in the University of Santiago de Compostela. Together with my twin sister Elisa we were the first women to study at the Galician University. Both were awarded with Gran Cruz de Alfonso XII for their good results.

We went to Madrid to obtain the PhD. After that, I continued my studies of Genetics in other countries as Italy, Switzerland and Germany.

On February 11th of 2021, I was named scientist of 2021 by the Royal Academy of Sciences.

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I was born in Madrid, on January 3, 1959.

I studied at the Complutense University of Madrid.I graduated in Physical Sciences, with a specialty in Astrophysics.

From 1984 to 1989, I developed software for the telecommunications company Entel. In addition, between 1989 and 1994 I was director of knowledge engineering. After that, I moved to teaching at the Carlos III University of Madrid, where I taught computer science classes from 1994 to 2000. After my experience as a teacher, I was promoted to Head of Academic Practices in Business also at the Carlos III University of Madrid where I held the position from 2000 to 2002 when I was promoted as Deputy Director of the Science Park, which I held until 2012.

In 2018, I was appointed General Director of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology.

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I’m a Spanish mathematician. I have studied Topology and Geometry. My career is spans for more than 40 years.

I was born on July 31, 1946, in Pamplona.

In 1969 I graduated in Science, Mathematics section, in the University of Zaragoza.

Between 1969 and 1990 I was a teacher in the University of Zaragoza and between 1999 and 2001 I was the director of the Mathematics department in the University of Zaragoza.

I have participated in some investigations about recovering and cataloguing mathematical objects of more than 100 years old.

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My name is Margarita Salas Falgueras. I was a Spanish biochemistry, scientist, medical and researcher.

I was born in Camero (Asturias) 30th of November 1938 and I died the 7th of November of 2019.

I started developing molecular biology in Spain. I worked as an honorary associate professor of CSIC, at the Severo Ochoa Biology Center.

I discovered the bacterial virus f29 DNA polymerase.

I was the first women ever to receive the Echegaray medal, it is given by the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences.

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I am Clara Isabel Grima Ruiz, I am a professor of applied mathematics at the University of Seville, specializing in computational geometry. I am known for my research on scutoids, a polyhedron-like shape that can park the space between pairs of curved surfaces and for my popularization of mathematics.

I was born in 1971 in Coria del Río, Seville. I obtained my PhD in the University of Seville in 1998.

I am cowriter and writer of some popular science books: “Hasta el infinito y más allá” (2013), “¡Qué las matemáticas te acompañen!” (2018) and “En busca del grafo perdido”(2021).

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I am a Spanish neurobiologist, researcher, university professor and science communicator. I am one of the most outstanding researchers in Down syndrome worldwide.

I am the daughter of doctor Guillermo Dierssen Gervás, a brilliant neurosurgeon of German origin. I was born in Santander in 1961. I graduated in Medicine from the University of Cantabria in 1985 and obtained doctorate in Neurobiology in 1989 with a thesis on neuropharmacology.

I have won a lot of awards throughout my life

In 2014 in this center I led the development of a video game for the cognitive stimulation of people with intellectual disabilities

In April 2016, as head of the Cellular and Systems Neurobiology group, I presented a paper published in the Journal of Neuroscience.

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I am a Spanish physicist and nanotechnologyst. I was co-director of the nanotechnology program at the University of Oxford.

I was born in Madrid at 1970. I graduated from the Autonomous University of Madrid in 1993. I also studied in the Moscow State University, in the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, in the Beijing Language and Culture University and I received my doctorate from Osaka University in 2000. I was a researcher in Denmark, at the University of Aarhus.

I use physics and nanotechnology to understand biological problems. I designs nanomaterials that mimic biological functions for biomedical applications such as drug delivery and tissue engineering.

I am a specialist in atomic force microscopy. In 2003, I started to work in Oxford. I published a book in 2019 called: “Nano came to life: How nanotechnology is transforming Medicine and the future of Biology”.

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She was born the 14 of July the 1925, In Barcelona. María is known her studies about the dynamics of cylindrical symmetry star systems.

She was a teacher, a mathematician and a Spanish astronomer, who was dedicated to teaching from 1952 to 1991. Then she started as an assistant in the astronomy section of the Barcelona Mathematical Seminary. Then she worked at the Henri Poincaré Institute and collaborated at the Polytechnic University of Cataluña too.

In 1970 she turned to the first woman that was the doctorate in science of the department of Mathematics and she did observations of systematic stains, solar calculations of orbits and eclipses for more than 30 years. She represented Spain for 15 years in Commission 46 of the International Astronomical Union on the teaching of astronomy.

Retired in 1984, but continued to see events such as the Spanish Society of Astronomy, which of this she continue in contact which universities and astronomical communities. She died on the 3 of July the 2009 in Barcelona.

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My name is María Andresa Casamayor de La Coma

I was born in Zaragoza, the 30 of November 1720.

I was a Spanish mathematician, writer and teacher of girls who stood out in the handling of numbers and in arithmetic, areas that at that time were dominated by men and not women.

I´m the only eighteenth-century Spanish scientist whose work is preserved, which is why the Arithmetic Tyrocinio, instruction of the four plain rules that is the first science book written by a woman in Spanish that is preserved.

I died the 23 of October 1780 at 60 years.

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I was born on February 4, 1749 in Zaragoza (Spain) and I died on February 21 1833 at the age of 84.

I was a Spanish writer and educator of the Enlightenment.

I joined the Royal Aragonese Economic Society in 1782, I was the first woman to belong to said association, and in 1787 I joined to the Board of Ladies of Madrid.

Among many activities, I was an essayist (writer of essays).

I focused my production on defending the capacity of women in intellectual, political and managerial activities, which generated controversy in my time.

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Hello, I am Blanca Catalán de Ocón. I was born in 1860 in Calatayud (Zaragoza), but since I was a child I have lived with my family in Monreal Del Campo, Teruel. Like my sister Clotilde, I also wrote poetry.

I made a small herbarium with plants from the Albarracín area, some of which were unknown species.

I was recognized by the Aragonese botanist, Francisco Loscos Bernal , which made me the first Spanish botanist to inscribe her name in the universal scientific nomenclature. In 1888, I got married with the Cartagena judge Enrique Ruiz del Castillo, and I had two children. On March 17, 1904, I died of a lung disease.

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I was born in Zaragoza on September 19,1902 to a humble family. My father was a day laborer and my mother a housewife. When my parents died, I took care of my two brothers and I had to begin to work. I studied teaching in Zaragoza.

In 1921 I obtained the title of Teacher of First Education. Later I graduated in Chemical Science and I obtained an extraordinary award.

In 1929 I got the Degree of Doctor of Chemistry. So I became the first doctor in Chemical Sciences in Spain. I was working as a teacher and director in Secondary Education.

During the Franco regime I continued developing in scientific and educational activity, obtaining authorizations to travel, work and research in various countries. I stood out for my pedagogical approaches.

I died in Madrid on May 27, 1960.

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I´m Amparo Poch y Gascón. I was a writer and doctor. I practiced my profession from a feminist perspective, helping working women

I was born on October 15, 1902, in Zaragoza. I began the university studies at the medical school, after finishing the Teaching studies that my father forced me to do. In the medical school I was the only woman and I fought to change the role of women.

I liked drawing and writing, then I started in the local press, which gave me the opportunity of writing in favor of women.

I opened a Medical Clinic for women and children, with special hours for female workers at home, until I moved to Madrid, where I developed an intense work of health education for the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and for the control of social diseases of the moment.

I dedicated myself to the "Federation of Free Women".

During the Civil War, I carried out medical-sanitary and political tasks. Later I moved to Barcelona, where I was the director of the House of Working Women.

I spent almost 30 years in exile in France where I worked for many hospitals, and I finally died on April 15, 1968 in Toulouse, France.

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I´m Maria Josefa Yzuel and I was born in 1940 in Jaca, Spain.

I began my scientific career at the University of Zaragoza where I  graduated in Physical sciences in 1962 and received a doctorate in 1966.

At the beginning of my academic career I was a teacher at the universities of Granada and Zaragoza. I worked as a University teacher, physicist and researcher.

For the last twenty years I have been working on non-uniform solar transmission filters to improve the quality of optical systems and imaging glasses.

I founded an image processing laboratory at the UAB and led the European project “A new 3D measurement technique for fast inspection of large, slightly unflat surfaces” in the Competitive and Sustainable Growth program.

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I was born in 1974 in Barbastro (Huesca). I am a Spanish researcher and epidemiologist specializing in maternal and child health at the Center for Research in International Health in Barcelona.

I was teacher in the University of Zaragoza and University of Barcelona. I received the Ramón y Cajal scholarship with which I began the direction of a project in Mozambique, focused on achieving progress in the field of maternal immunization, against respiratory diseases and the reduction of mortality in countries with few resources.

My work is concerned with evaluating the effects of the DTP vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis in pregnant women and what protection it can confer on the child population in a context of HIV and endemic malaria.

I was awarded the L´Oréal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science.

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Hi! My name is Pilar Citoler. I was born in Zaragoza in 1937 and today I am going to talk about my life.

When I was young I studied Medicine and Stomatology in the universities of Zaragoza and Madrid and nowadays I am an Odontologist and I have got a clinic in Madrid. The profession I chose was not very typical for women in those years. In my promotion of Odontologisy there were only three other women and I was the only one who finally adopted this job.

I am also a very famous art collector. I love buying paintings and showing them in my clinic.

Although today I am a dentist, it is not the only work I have carried out. I have also been a teacher in the University of Zaragoza.

My greatest recognitions have not been in the fields of medicine, they have been in the field of art. My most important recognition has been the prize of “Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes” to private collecting.

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I was born on February 4, 1749 in Zaragoza (Spain) and I died on February 21 1833 at the age of 84.

I was a Spanish writer and educator of the Enlightenment.

I joined the Royal Aragonese Economic Society in 1782, I was the first woman to belong to said association, and in 1787 I joined to the Board of Ladies of Madrid.

Among many activities, I was an essayist (writer of essays).

I focused my production on defending the capacity of women in intellectual, political and managerial activities, which generated controversy in my time.

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I was the first woman to be a pilot of Spanish aviation.

I was born on March 31st of 1913, in Barcelona and I died on May 24th of a heart attack at 91 years old in the English city of Surrey where I went into exile after the Civil War.

I was a widow of the Reus pilot Josep Carreras and I obtained my aviation license on January 19th, 1931, when I was only 18 years old, which placed me as the first woman pilot in the history of Spanish aviation.

After obtaining the license, I participated in several amateur pilot competitions and I worked also as a teacher and trained some pilots until the start of the Spanish Civil War.

I participated in marketing operations during the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side as an Army officer and, at the end of the war, I had to go into exile in England, where I lived for the rest of my life.

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Hi! My name is Rita Fernández Queimadelos. I was born in 1911 in La Cañiza, Galicia.

I was a Spanish architect. I am considered the second female who become architect in Spain. I am also the first female architect in Galicia.

In 1929, women gained access to the school of Architecture in Madrid for the first time. In 1941 I acquired my architect license. I worked as an architect from 1941 to 1946. I am considered the first freelance architect in Spain.

In 1942 I got married, and after the birth of my third daughter I interrupted my professional practice for eight years. After I opened a studio in Murcia, from 1960 to 1967.

I died on the 26 of September 2008 in Barcelona, I was 97 years old.

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I was born in Galicia, I was an oceanographer, zoologist and a teacher.

In 1934 I went to Madrid to study Natural sciences, but because of the Civil War. During that time, I learn French and English.

I graduated after the war in 1941 and at the Vigo Oceanographic Center I began to study zooplankton.

In 1953 I received a scholarship to continue studying zooplankton in the United Kingdom, where I became the first female scientist to work aboard a British research ship.

Three years later I received another aid to investigate in the United States. At NOAA (a prestigious American institution), I studied fish larvae in plankton. In total I discovered 22 new planktonic species.

After my retirement, I continued to work as emeritus scientist. I died in 2005.

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I was born in Zaragoza in 1904 and died the 22nd of November of 1993.

I was a Spanish investigator and biochemist.I made investigations about an electric charge of colloids.

My father was in favour of women's education, so I studied since I was three years old.

At first I wanted to study sciences, not chemistry, but when I looked in a microscope of a friend of my father, I had a clear idea: I wanted to study chemistry.

I received the grade of doctor in the Sciences Faculty of Zaragoza in 1930.

I was the only woman between twenty-three men.

After getting married I had to leave the Chemistry Laboratory.

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I am Gloria Cuenca Bescós and I am a palaeontologist and geologist born in Venezuela in 1958.

I am a palaeontologist, geologist and researcher at the University of Zaragoza since I finished my studies there. I was appointed as titular professor at this university in 1992.

As a researcher, I have focused my work on the study of microvertebrates, which gave me the Prince of Asturias Award in 1997.

I have currently published about 200 articles in magazines about science, given more than 100 conferences and since 10 years ago, with my team "Aragosaurus", we have spread the science of Palaeontology through our website.

I have won some prices throughout my profession as a palaeontologist, such as the Prince of Asturias Award, like I said; Medals of the Cortes de Aragón…

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My name is María José Alonso Fernández. I am Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, and I run a laboratory.

I investigate the development of nanostructures that serve to transport vaccines and drugs so they can reach their place safely. This is essential to reduce doses and eliminate unwanted effects.

I have directed many research projects, and created inventions protected through patents, I have also written some articles and books.

I have received important awards and on July 8, 2021 the National Nanotechnology Award.

I advise the Ministry of Science and the Ministry of Health.

Currently, I am working on the AIDS vaccine and on the early and non-invasive diagnosis of brain tumours.

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I was born on 9th April, 1912;  in Zaragoza (Spain). I was one of the first women who studied Medicine, thanks to a decree that changed the law. I spoke: Spanish, French and English. For all this they gave me a scholarship to study in Vienna. I finished medicine and specialized in cardiology. The department of Biological Chemistry at Columbia University gave me another scholarship to continue studying in the United States, but here in Spain the Civil War started and I couldn't go. I stayed in Zaragoza working in various clinics, I got married and had six children. I continued researching and working at the Clinical Hospital of Zaragoza until I retired in 1982 as head of the cardiac arrhythmia section and as a professor of cardiology students.On 16th April, 2008 I died.

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I was born in 1949 in Castillo Pompién (Huesca). I’m a biologist, microscopist and lichenologist. I develop academic activities at the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Biology discovering and developing new electron microscopy techniques. In 2011 I was deputy director of the Institute of Natural Resources and Microbial Ecology Service. I was a member of the Spanish Society of Lichenology.I proposed studies of a meteorite of Martian origin that was discovered in Antarctica 13 millennia ago and the most amazing thing was that NASA contacted me because of that reason.

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Hi! I’m Zoe Rosinach and I’m going to talk you about me. I was born on the 6 of February in 1894 in Lérida (Spain) I studied Pharmacy in the University of Barcelona and I had been licensed on 1917, I had also been a researcher at the Alfonso XIII National Institute. In a trip to Madrid (Spain), I met to Pedro Baringo Alcolea and I finally married him and having two sons, Pedro and Joaquin. In 1930 I was collegiate in the college of pharmacist of Teruel and finally I opened a pharmacy in Albalete. Six years later I moved to Zaragoza and I tried to enter in the College of Pharmacists of Zaragoza. Two years later I opened a pharmacy in the city and the 31 of January of 1973 I died.

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I was a normal woman. I was born on April 7, 1857 in Barcelona and died on February 19, 1913 at the age of 55 in Barcelona. I was the first woman to study medicine, but I was not allowed to take the licensed exam until April 4, 1882. One of my inventions was a method for babies to calm down and stop crying. I was also the author of texts aimed at improving the lives of women in the field of motherhood, such as cleaning tips, exercise, children's entertainment... The Association “Historical. History, Women and Gender” and the “Comic Authors” Collective created an educational project for the contribution of women in society, consisting of a card game and one of the cards is dedicated to me.