Margarita Salas was born on the 30th of November of 1938 in Canero (Asturias), and she died on the 7th of November of 2019 in Madrid.

HER FAMILY:

Her mother was Margarita Falgueras, she was a teacher, and her father was José Salas, he was a doctor. She had one brother, José, and one sister, María Luisa. They also dedicated their life to science.

Margarita got married to Eladio Viñuela, who was also a scientist. They had one daughter, Lucía.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

She studied in a religious school.

She went to the University of Chemistry in Madrid.

In the summer of 1958 she met Severo Ochoa, Nobel Prize, born in Luarca (Asturias). He had a great influence on Margarita Salas’s career and

they worked together in the laboratory.

In 1964 Margarita and her husband went to United States of America to work in a

laboratory.

Three years later they came back to Spain for do an investigation to do research on the Bacillus virus phage Phi29.

Margarita was a teacher of molecular genetics for 23 years at the Complutense University of Madrid. She was the president of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and the director of the

Institute of Molecular Biology of the CSIC. In 1992 she took over the management of the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Centre, and five years later, in 1997, she was the president of the Severo Ochoa Foundation.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT?

Margarita Salas won a lot of titles, and she was a very important woman, because she was one of the most famous scientists in Spain in the 20th century.

VIDEOS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bq3GVk_b5E&t=106s

Ada Lovelace was born on the 10th of December of 1815 in the United Kingdom, and she died on the 27th of November of 1852

HER FAMILY:

Her mother was Anna Isabella Noel Byron, she was a poet, matematic and activist, her father was Lord Byron, he was a poet. She had one sister, Allegra Byron, she was a poet.

MARRIAGE:

Ada Lovelace got married to William King in the 1835,(He was 11 years old than Ada) and they had 3 kids, Byron, Annabella and Ralph.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

Ada Lovelace went in the University of London, and she studied Mathematics and Computer Science. In the 1845 she met with Charles Babbage, Charles invited Ada to saw a new invent, it was a machine that could do simple calculations.(In this years it was very difficult to created and to saw that) Ada decided to help the machine with more informatic programs to can do more difficult calculations, Ada thought it was better if the machine can use words not only numbers, it was a very difficult job for Ada and Charles, but they can do it. Later Ada was working in a analitic machine built of Charles, and he was suprised for the mind of Ada, he never saw a woman more inteligent than she. In the 1843 Ada translate Charle's program so more people can help them, nobody was translate some difficult algoritm, so she get more titles than more men in his life.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT?

Ada Lovelace won many titles in her life but the most important title was that she won with Charles Bubbage for discovered and crated a new informatic program, that we were using now 182 years later (now is better than before but is a very important program)

VIDEOS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vg-0mlSnSE

Agustina de Aragón was born on March 4, 1786 in Reus, Tarragona (Spain). She died on May 29, 1857 in Ceuta.

HER FAMILY:

Daughter of Pedro Juan Francisco Ramón Saragossa Labastida, and Raimunda Domènech Gasull, both natives of Fulleda (Lérida)

MARRIAGE:

Agustina got married to Juan Roca Vilaseca

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

On 15 June 1808, the French armies attempted to enter the Aragonese capital through the gates of Carmen and Portillo without success. There was an attack on 2 July and Agustina took charge of a battery and fired the cannon at the attackers, preventing, along with other participants, the entry of the French into the city, who had to lift the siege on 15 August.

She took part in the battle for the convent of Jerusalem in Zaragoza and in the sieges of Teruel and Tortosa, where after being taken prisoner she managed to escape. Her risky participation in the conflict earned her a pension of 100 reales which was granted to her by the Spanish government.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT?

Agustina de Aragón is the name by which Agustina Zaragoza Domenech is known, for her heroism in the War of Independence (1808-1814), and in particular for her patriotic feat during the first siege of Zaragoza.

LIFE:

Charles Robert Darwin was born on the 12th of February 1809, in the United Kingdom. He died on the 19th of April 1882, in Downe (Great London).

HIS FAMILY:

He was son of the doctor Robert Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood. His family was a well known intellectual family.

MARRIAGE:

He got married to his cousin, Emma Darwin. He had ten sons and daughters, including the famous Leonard, George, Anne and Francis Darwin.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

He is known for the naturalistic trip for five years in the ship Beagle. In this trip of 1831, the most important things is that he developed ideas about natural evolution.

When he returned, in 1839, it was his most active periode, writting his most important book: ''The Origin of Species'', where he put his theories.

His modern thesis of biological evolution made him many enemies, especially Christian institutions, since he was in opposition with the divine creation of the Human being.

WHY IS IMPORTANT?:

Darwin's scientific discoveries still remain the basis of biology as a science, since they constitute a logical explanation of the diversity of life.

VÍDEOS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NFfSLlCawE&ab_channel=EnglishHeritage

Rosalind Franklin was born on the 25th July of 1920 in the United Kingdom, and she died on the 16th of April of 1958.

HER FAMILY:

Her mother was Muriel Frances Waley, and her father was Ellis Arthur Franklin he was a banker, she also had four brothers David, Colin, Roland, and Jenifer.

MARRIAGE:

She doesn´t marriege with nobady.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

At the age of fifteen she decided to study for a university degree, passing the entrance exam for Newnham College, Cambridge, which led to disagreements within the family, as her father did not look favourably on women studying at university. However, both her aunt and her mother helped her in this regard and in 1941 she obtained her university degree. In 1945 she obtained a PhD in Physical Chemistry and a year later she moved to Paris to work at the State Central Laboratory of Chemical Services. In 1951 she returned to London, to King's College, to the Biophysics Unit, where she began her research on DNA, research that was also carried out by Maurice Wilkins, with whom she had constant disputes. In a sexist and difficult environment, Rosalind obtained a photo of the doble elix of the DNA. In the years following her early death, James Watson and Francis Crick were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962, thanks to Frank's efforts. Many years later, thanks to other scientists and friends of hers, the people discoverd that she photographed that photo of the double helix of DNA.

WHY SHE IS IMPORTANT?

She is inportant because she photograph the double helix of DNA.

VIDEOS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIP0lYrdirI

Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15th, 1452, in Vinci (Italy) and he died on May 2nd, 1519.

His family:

His father was Piero Fruosino di Antonio, and his mom was Caterina.

Marriage:

He never got married and he did not have any children.

Professional career:

He was trained as a goldsmith and blacksmith, but he was also a painter, inventor and sculptor.

He worked for Lorenzo de Médeci, who was very powerful and patron of the arts.

His most famous work is the painting called The Mona Lisa, also known as The Joconde. It is famous because many people think Mona Lisa's smile is mysterious. The Mona Lisa is shown at the Louvre Museum in Paris. In 1911, the painting was stolen by a worker of the museum. He hid it in his apartment for two years. He stole it because he wanted to take the painting to Italy, to an Italian museum. Finally, he was caught.

Other famous paintings are: The Last Supper, Saint John the Baptist or The Baptism of Christ.

Why is he important?

Leonardo da Vinci was famous for his designs, which helped to invent things like the tank, parachute, helicopter and many other things. He was a genius.

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShWeJDuz6BM

Isaac Newton was born on the 25th of December of 1642 in New Style, and he died on the 20 th of 1727 in London.

HIS FAMILY:

Newton was the only son of a local yeoman, who had died three months before, and of Hannah Ayscough. His mother also died soon.

MARRIAGE

He never got married.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

After he finished school in Granthan, Isaac finally settled down to prepare for university, Cambridge in 1661. There he inmersed himself in Aristoteles and Descartes, before graduating in 1665.

WHY HE IS IMPORTAN?

Newton is well known for his discoveries in optics (white light composition) and mathematics (calculus), it is his formulation of the three laws of motion (the basic principles of modern physics) for which he is most famous. His formulation of the laws of motion resulted in the law of Universal Gravitation.

Marie Curie was born on the 7^th of November of 1867 in Warsaw (Poland) and she died on the 4^th of July of 1934 in France.

HER FAMILY:

She was the 5^th daughter of her parents, that were Wladyslaw Sklodowska (her mother) and Bronislawa Boguska

MARRIAGE:

Marie Curie got married to Pierre Curie (a physicist) on the 1895.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

Marie Curie started her scientific career in her home town but in the 1891 she travelled to france with her sister and her brother in law, whith whom she lived (in their house)a short time (1 year approx)

2 years later she graduated in phisics and later she met pierre curie, and 1 year later she married to Pierre Curie, the wedding was simple once they married they went to ride a bicycle around France,

in 1898 they discovered the radioactivity and two more elements: polonio and radio

Why is she important?

She was so important because she was the first woman to win 2 nobel prizes in 8 years

VIDEOS:

DRAW MY LIFE (Español)

VIDEO FOR YOUNG KIDS

MARIE CURIE

FAMILY:

His father, José del Carmen Reyes, was a railroad worker; his mother, Rosa Neftalí Basoalto, died a month after his birth, from tuberculosis. After a few years, he moved with his father to Temuco, where he had remarried Doña Trinidad Candia Valverde (or Marverde, as the poet would call her).

MARRIAGE:

Pablo Neruda got married to Maryka Antonieta Hagenaar Vogelzang (m. 1930-1942), too by Delia del Carril (1943-1966), and in the last years of his life by Matilde Urrutia (m. 1966-1973)

Pablo Neruda had an only daughter, with his first wife, named Malva Marina Trinidad Reyes, who died at the age of 8, due to hydrocephalus.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (1904-1973), better known as Pablo Neruda, was a Chilean writer and poet, considered one of the most outstanding and influential intellectuals of twentieth-century literature. The author also had an outstanding participation in the political life of his country.

Neruda began his professional career in 1920 when he was still a high school student. At that time he served as director of the Literary Athenaeum of the Liceo de Temuco. He also collaborated in the publication Selva Austral.

Neruda's literary work was avant-garde. His poetic repertoire went through three stages: the transition towards innovation, the dark and hermetic and the one related to politics.

His literary production was extensive and known worldwide. The author's most representative titles were: Crepusculario, Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada, Canto general, España en el corazón and Cien sonetos de amor.

NOBEL PRIZE:

In 1971 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Lenin Peace Prize. Before that, he had won the National Prize for Literature (1945).

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO ME?

Because he has written many poems and I think they are very beautiful. He was a great writer and a person committed to his ideas, who helped many people. Here below is a video.

https://youtu.be/sogJXiaBM8Q?si=71tMbxHdCXY85EZv

Jane was born in London in 1934.

EARLY LIFE:

She was dreaming about going to Africa to see animals.

CAREER:

Jane studied chimpanzees in Africa.

TODAY:

Jane travels around the wold, speaking to chimpanzees.

VIDEOS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Zp3khGP7g

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlUGj9zKxb8

Alexander the Great was born on the 20th or 21st of July in the year 356 B.C., in Macedonia. He died in June, in Babilonia, with only 32 years of life, from an illness that we don´t know. One posibility was that someone poisoned him.

HIS FAMILY:

His mother was Olimpia de Epiro, who was the queen, and she died in the year 315 B.C.. And his father was the king Filipo II, that died in the 336 B.C. Alexander also had a wife and a son.

MARRIAGE:

The wife of Alejandro Magno was Parisátide. Alejandro Magno and Parisátide had a child also called Alexander, but he was murdered.

PROFESIONAL CAREER:

Alexander the Great was a Militar Lider in Asia, Egypt... Wen his father was away, he studied: maths, archery, and other subjects. And when his father died he became king. He conquered lands when he was only 20 years old. Aristóteles, the famous philosopher, was his teacher and he made sure that Alexander was well trained in all the subjects.

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT?

He conquered Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt and other lands, where he spread the Greek culture, that was fused with the cultures of the lands he conquered: with their religions, languages, politics, art and literature.

VIDEOS:

https://youtu.be/hsyIzelwxUQ

https://youtu.be/BFGevZ0aCPo

Her real name is Isabella Rose Bee,she born in 2007 she is 17 years old.

HER FAMILY:

Her parents are veterinarias of koalas.

PROFESIONAL CARRER:

She is a gril who works whit her family in the MAGNETIC ISLAND KOALA HOSPITAL.

The hospital was create for rescue and rehabilitation of injurez, sich and orphaned koalas on MAGNETIC Istand in North Queensland.

VIDEO:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CUmDM0aFKyW/?igsh=M240eHpscXkyenBs

Carmen Arenas (my mother) was born on June 8, 1976. Today she is 48 years old.

FAMILY:

Her father's name was Jose Manuel Fernández, and he was a solicitor, and her mother, Maria del Carmen, was a decorator.

MARIAGE: She married Pablo Gesteira , they had two children.

PROFESIONAL CAREER: She has a degree in business, and a degree in business administration and management. She also has diploma in piano at the Oviedo Music Conservatory. she currently works in international commerce.

WHY SHE IMPORTANT TO ME: She is the most important person in my life, she has managed to put our family on its feet, by herself, she achieves everything she sets her mind to, she has even released songs, I admire her a lot.

https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/6CFYAoC4jh5zMGLMeidijC?si=2H1NC2PvQ2W29zpTnDyuCQ

Louis Pasteur was born on the 27th of December 1822, in Dole, a city in France, He died on the 28th of September 1895 caused by an uremia.

FAMILY:

His father was an oficial of Napoleon I, who taught him the importance of the effort, and his mather taught him the importance of the imagination and enthusiasm.

He was only child and he married Marie Laurent in 1849.

CAREER:

He studied physics and became a doctor with only 25 years old, he specialized in chemistry, optic and crystallography.

A buisness man in Lille asked Pasteur to study about fermentation and years later he discovered that the wine with Mycodermia it transformed in vinegar.

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT?

Because he discovered fermentation, Microderma and the vaccine against rabia. He prevented asepsis in hospitals

Marjane Satrapi was born on the 22nd November 1969, in Rasht, Iran. When she was just 10 years old, there was in Iran the Islamic Revolution. When she was 14 years old, her parents decided to send her to study at Viena.

FAMILY:

Satrapi se casó con Reza en 1990, pero se divorciaron. Actualente está casada con Mattias Ripa, de nacionalidad sueca. Viven en París.

PROFESIONAL CAREER:

In 2000, she wrote the first of the 4 volumes of her comic, "Persepolis". In 2007, she directed the film of "Persepolis", that was nominated to the Oscar prize of better animation film.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT?:

She is important because she defended the rights of the women in Iran.

VIDEOS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCc03K3-Ug4

Rosa María Menéndez López was born on the 12 of February of 1956 in Cudillero (Asturias).

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

She went to the University of Oviedo, there she studied Chemistry.

She did her doctorate at the National Coal Institute and she went to Newcastle University too. She worked with the best specialist of the world in carbon materials. She investigate materials and energy and she registered nine patents. She directed the National Coal Institute and she became the first woman who presided CSIC.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT?

Rosa María is very important because she discovered many materials and se was the first women who presided CSIC.

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was born between 1394 and 1404 in Mainz, Germany and he died on the 3nd of February 1468.

HIS FAMILY:

He was the son of a bussinesman, Friederich Friele Gensfleisch zur Laden and his wife Else Wirich.

MARRIAGE:

Posibly he got married with Ennelin von der Isern Türe.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

Gutenberg work as a smith for the bishop of Mainz. He studied at the university of Erfurt. In 1434 worked as a silver smith at Strasburg. In 1438 he started to manufacture the printing with movable type.

In 1452 and 1456 he printed the Bible in 42 lines per page, the first printed book.

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT?:

Gutenberg is important because he invented the printing with movable type, a primitive machine to print paper and books. It changed the european culture.

VIDEO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDEdahzK-Bo&t=79s&ab_channel=DiscoverUs

Clara Campoamor was born on the 12th February 1888 in Madrid and she died on the 30th April 1972.

HER FAMILY:

Her parents were Pilar Rodríguez Martínez, that was a seamstress, and Manuel Campoamor Martínez, that was an accountant. She had two brothers, Manuel and Ignacio. When her dad died, since she was young, she helped her mother with the money, working.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

IN 1909, she worked like a postal officer and, in 1922, she fought against unfair laws.

Later, in 1924, she was graduated in law and she participated in the International Federation of lawyers women, in 1929. In 1931, she was chosen deputy by de Radical party. Then, she published " Mi pecado mortal" in 1936.

She exile in 1937 and public another book.

In her Argentine exile in 1939 she published "Heroísmo criollo".

And, finally, in 1955 she went to Lausana, where she practices law, and she died in 1972.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT?

She is important because she wants that women can vote, and the results were 161 votes in favor, 121 votes againsat and 188 abstentions.

Galileo Galilei was born on 15th of February 1564 in Pisa, and he died on the 8th of January of 1642.

HIS FAMILY:

He was the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei, composer, and music theorist, and Giulia Ammannati

MARRIAGE:

Galileo Galilei was married to Marina Gamba, he had three children, 2 daughters and one son

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

In 1581 was sent by his father to enrol for a medical degree at the University of Pisa. Galileo was a natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the sciences of motion, astronomy, and strength of materials and to the development of the scientific method. He also made revolutionary telescopic discoveries, including the four largest moons of Jupiter.

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT:

Galileo Galilei was important because he did the experimental scientific method and was the first to use a refracting telescope to make important astronomical discoveries.

He was born on the 14th of March of 1879 in Ulm (Germany). And he died on 18th april of 1955 in Princeton (U.S.A)

HIS FAMILY:

His father was Hermann Einstein, he was an electrician and his mother was Pauline Koch, she was housekeeper.

He had one sister, María "Maja" Einstein.

MARRIAGE:

Einstein got married first to Mileva Maric and later to Elsa Einstein.

He had three sons Hans, Eduard, Lieserl.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

He went to the Zurich University. He studied Physics. In 1900 he got the title of Mathematics and Physics teacher. He worked in the patent office in Berna (Switzerland).

In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

In 1923 he visited Spain and he met José Ortega y Gasset y Santiago Ramón y Cajal.

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT?

He is the most famous scientist in the world.

He invented theory of relativity that change how we know the universe.

VIDEOS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFT4r6roOg0

LIFE:

Eddie Van Halen (Edward Lodewijk van Halen) born in Amsterdam (Holland) the January 29, 1955 and he died the October 6, 2020 because he had a cancer in his neck and he had stroke.

FAMILY:

His father (Jan Van Halen) was a jazz pianist, clarinetist and saxophonist and his mother (Eugenia Van Halen) was a musician. Eddie have a brother (Alex Van Halen) that was the drummer of the band of hard rock of Eddie (Van Halen).

MARRIAGE:

Eddie was married to Janie Liszewski and they had a child called Wolfgang Van Halen (he was the bassist of the group (his group) "mammoth WVH").

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

He studied in "Pasadena City College" and in 1973 he forms the band "Van Halen" popularizing the tapping, the first album of the group was "Best of Both Worlds" in 1978,

11 years later they publish the album "Jump" that was the number 1 in U.S.A and then in all the world, in 1982 Michael Jackson asked to Eddie to do a guitar solo in his song "Beat it".

WHY HE IS IMPORTANT?

He is important because he invented the tapping.

BIOGRAPHY

ONE OF HIS SONGS

ONE SONG IN A CONCERT

Sara García Alonso was born on the 18th of April of 1989 in León (Spain). Now she is 35 years old.

HER FAMILY:

Her father was Marino García and her mother is Esther Alonso.

MARRIAGE:

Sara is married with Victor del Fueyo

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

She studied at the university of León and the university of Salamanca. Sara got a biotechnology master from the university of León.

In 2018 she obtained a doctorate in molecular biology, and she worked in CSIC doing investigations of cancer and in 2019 she worked in CSIO.

In 2022 the European Space Agency (ESA) selected Sara to the promotion of astronauts with Pablo Álvarez Fernández, both from León. She has been awarded a lot of prizes and distinctions, such as the Ada Byron Young Award 2023, the Silver Medal of the Community of Madrid, Favorite Daughter of León and more.

Since 2022, she has been a scientist and leads a project to discover new drugs against lung and pancreatic cancer. In 2025 she published his first book ''Orbitas'' in English orbits. 

WHY SHE IS IMPORTANT?

She is important because is the first Spanish astronaut that is a woman.

VIDEOS:

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Sara_Garcia_Alonso 

Virginia Woolf was born on the 25th of January of 1882 in Londres, and she died on the 28th of March of 1941, she commited a suicide.

HER FAMILY:

Her mother was Julia Stephen and her

father was Leslie Stephen.

MARRIEGE:

Virginia got married to Leonard Woolf,

a British politician.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

Woolf began her literary career by collaborating with her brother, Thoby Stephen, on a magazine called The Blue Review. Her first book, a group of essays entitled The Voyage Out, was published in 1915.
Woolf is recognized for her innovative style that challenges narrative structures.

Some of his most important books include:
Mrs. Dalloway (1925)
To the Lighthouse (1927)
Orlando (1928)
The Waves (1931)

Woolf spoke about issues of femininity, identity and the role of women in the traditional era.

Virginia Woolf was part of the influential Bloomsbury group, a circle of intellectuals and artists who discussed ideas about art, culture, and politics in Britain.

Woolf's life was marked by personal struggles, including mental health problems.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT?

Virginia Woolf is considered a pivotal figure in twentieth-century literature for many reasons:

Through his works, Woolf speaks to topics of female identity and the social expectations faced by women. Her work, A Room of One's Own raises the need for economic and creative independence for women writers, and continues to be an essential text in gender studies and feminism.

VÍDEOS:

https://youtu.be/L7sq6pvXfDU

https://youtu.be/d1W7wqXD_b0

HIS FAMILY: 

He married Kate Capshawan and they had 7 kids. His parents were Leah Adler (1920-2017)  and Arnold Spielberg (1917-2020) 

PROFESSIONAL CEREER:

Steven Spielberg is a famous American film director, producer, and writer whose works have revolutionized the movie legacy. He is famous for iconic films like Jurassic Park, Minority Report, Jaws, Indiana Jones, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Schindler's List. Spielberg’s ability had inspired lots of directors from all the world. His creative vision makes he win audiences, going to the limits of cinema and setting new records for cinematic, storytelling and technique.

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT:

Steven Spielberg is important because he made lots of modern cinema with his innovative storytelling and techniques. Spielberg's ability to create stories has made an important impact in the cinema history.

Freddie Mercury was born in Tanzania on the 5 of September 1946, and he died on the 24 of november 1991 in London.

HIS FAMILY:

His family was indian, his father Bomi Bulsara was a funcionary of the colonianl british governament. His mather, Jer Bulsara, was the housewife. Freddie Mercury also had a yunger sister, she are alive and her name is Kashmira Cooke.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

He study graphc design in Isleworth Polytecnic. But in 1970 he enter in the rock band of Queen, he was the vocalist and the lider of the band. But, in 1987 he got sick of "AIDS", when he discoverit he whrite a song that calls "mama", in that song he tolld to his mother that he got sick of sida.

WHY IS HE IMPOTRANT?

He is important beause he use his famous to inform the people about the right of the womens, the right of the inmigrants, he also defended the peace...

VIDEOS:

He said that he was going to die with the song "Bohemian Rapsody":Bing Vídeos

He defended the women's rights with the song "i want to break free":Bing Vídeos

He had a lot of important songs, but these are my favourites :)

Aitana Bonmatí was born on 18th of January of 1998 in Villanueva y Geltrú and she now is 27 years old.

HER FAMILY:

Her parents are Vicent Conca and Rosa Bonmatí Gidonet. She hasn´t got brothers or sisters.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

She played in the youth of FC Barcelona with 13 years old. Then in 2016 she played with FC Barcelona. Next in 2023 she won the girls world cup with Spain. And in 2024 she won the girls nations league. Now she plays in FC Barcelona.

WHY SHE IS IMPORTANT:

She is important because she won the girls world cup. And 2 golden balls.

FAMILY: His father was José María González and his mother was África Escudero. He married Adriana Oliveira (my mother) and they got 2 children Inara (my sister) and me

PROFFESIONAL CAREER: My father began his studies at the age of 17 at the Faculty of Medicine in Oviedo, specializing in occupational health at the University of Granada, continuing his studies in Italy. Now José María it's in one of the eight Occupational of the Asturian Health Administration.

WHY IS IMPORTANT: Because he is my father and a person i admire.

Irène was born on the 12th of September of 1897 (the same year as the discovery of the electron) in France and she died of leukemia on the 17^th of March of 1956 in Paris.

HER FAMILY

Her family is well known because of the number of Nobel prizes they won (5 in total). They are a family of scientists.

Her mother was the renowned scientist Marie Curie, who was the first woman winning two Nobel Prizes in 2 different areas: Physics and Chemistry.

Her father was Pierre Curie, who also won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Her sister was Eva, and she wasn’t a scientist, she was a French writer.

Irène got married with Frédéric Joliot. Her husband worked with her and they won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

They had two children: Hélène and Pierre. Hélène is a nuclear physicist and Pierre is a biophysicist.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

She studied in The Cooperative. Her mother organised this school with famous academics.

She studied Physics and Mathematics at the Faculty of Science at the Sorbonne University in Paris. She couldn’t finish her studies because of the World War I.

She helped her mother in the battlefield with their invention: the Petit Curies. They were portable x-rays machines. They saved lots of soldiers. After the war, she finished her studies in 1918.

She worked as her mother’s assistant at the Radium Institute.

She met her husband there in 1925 and they worked together. They experimented with alpha rays and aluminium foil. They discovered the artificial radioactivity. They won a Nobel Prize in 1935.

She had a political career. A year later, in 1936, she was appointed Undersecretary of State for Scientific Research. She was one of the first women in the government.

She was part of the French Resistance in World War II.

She promoted the peaceful use of atomic energy.

She died of leukemia caused by extensive exposure to radiation in 1956 at 58 years old.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT

She was one of the most famous scientists in France in the 20th century.

She helped in the wars.

She was actively involved in defending women’s rights and promoting women’s education.

VIDEOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0j8vd-gKO0

HIS FAMILY: His father, Martin Cortes de Monroy but he was poor, his mother was Catalina Pizarro Altamirano and he had a brother he was Martín Cortés. MARRIEGE: Hernán Cortés had two marriages, The first was with Catalina Xuárez Marcayda, The second was with Juana Ramírez de Arellano and Zúñiga STUDIES: Cortés studied for a time at the University of Salamanca where he acquired knowledge of Latin and law.

WHY IS IT IMPORTAN? Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador he was a Spanish conqueror who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico beginning in 1519. After taking the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán Cortés plundered Mesoamerica and became the first ruler of the new colony of New Spain.

Blaise Pascal was born on 19th of June of 1623 in France, and he died on 19th of August of 1662 in Paris (France).

HIS FAMILY:

His father was Étienne Pascal, he was a mathematician and his mother was Antoinette Begon. He had two sisters Jacqueline Pascal who was a poet and Gilberte Pascal who was a writer.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

He studied at home and his teacher was his father. When he was eleven years old he wrote an article about the sound. Five years later he wrote another article about Mathematical principles of cones. He investigated how liquid pressure worked and invented a method for lifting large loads. He designed the probability calculation too.

WHAT IS HE IMPORTANT?

He is important because in 1642 he invented the first calculator and his experiments and theories were very influential. Now his name appears in many books and mathematical and physical laws are named after him.

VIDEOS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu1xNSEemuc

Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, known as Hedy Lamarr, was born on the 9th of November of 1914 in Vienna, and she died on the 19th of January of 2000 in Casselberry, Florida.

FAMILY:

She was the only child of Emil Kiesler, bank director, and Gertrud Kiesler, concert pianist.

Hedy had three children and she was married and divorced six times.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

At the age of eleven she was an outstanding pianist and spoke four languages. At the age of sixteen he began studying performing arts in Berlin.

Hedy acted in more than thirty films.

At the beginning of de Second World War, together with George Antheil, she developed the patent for the Secret Communication System, a radio guidance system for torpedoes that used the spread spectrum to overcome interference.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT:

She is considered the mother of wireless technology. Her work was fundamental to the development of devices we use every day, such as mobile phones, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

VIDEOS:

https://youtu.be/8x6nD80I7-s?feature=shared

Alexander Fleming was born on the 6th of August of 1881 in Darvel (Scotland), and he died on the 11th of March of 1955 in London, at the age of 73 from a heart attack.

• FAMILY:

His father was Hugh Fleming, he was a farmer, and her mother was Grace Stirling Morton, she was a housewife.

He had three siblings (Grace, John and Robert).

Alexander Fleming got married to Sarah Fleming from 1915 to 1949, she was a nurse. They had one son, Robert Fleming.

When Sarah died, he married Amalia Koutsouri-Vourekas in 1953, she was a Greek physician, bacteriologist, human rights activist and politician.

• PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

When he was a kid, he recived a basic education because his family was very poor, but when he was 13 years old he went to live to London with one of his stepbrothers that was a doctor.

He had two titles in the London Scottish Regiment.

Alexander Fleming also worked in the Royal Army Medical Corps in France during the First World War.

When he was twenty years old, he studied medicine.

Alexander Fleming recived a scholarship to go to "St. Mary´s Hospital Medical School" in Paddington.

In 1906 he worked as a bacteriologist and in 1908 Alexander recived the gold medal of the "London University".

Then in 1928 he worked as a bacteriology teacher.

In 1945 he won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries.

• WHY IS HE IMPORTANT?

On the 28th of September of 1928 at the St. Mary´s Hospital of London he discovered penicillin and lysozyme, which started the antibiotic revolution. This discovery saved and continues to save many lives.

• VIDEO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4gc61tUKrk

LIFE:

Eleanor Roosevelt was born on the 11th of October of 1884 in New York (USA) and she died on 7th November of 1962 in New York.

HER FAMILY:

Her mother was Anna Hall Roosevelt, she was a socialite and her father was Elliot Roosevelt, he was a member of the American Hight Society. She had two brothers: Elliot Jr. and Hall.

She was the niece of Theodore Roosevelt who was the President of the United States.

Her childhood wasn't very happy because her mother died when she was eight years old and her father died two years later. After that, she went to live with her grandmother.

MARRIAGE:

She got married in 1905 to Franklin Delano Roosevelt who was her cousin. They had six children: Anna Eleanor, James, Franklin (he died before he was one year old), Elliot, Franklin Delano and Jhon Aspinwall.

PROFESIONAL CARRER:

She studied at The New School Allenswood Boarding Academy (London).

In 1933 her husband became President of the Unated States and Eleanor became his First Lady.

She defended the civil rights of African Americans and fought against discrimination.

A few years later, she got a best salary for women and that children didn't have to work.

In 1945, she was appointed delegate of the United Nations.

In 1946 she was elected President os the United Nations Human Rights Comission.

Truman gave her the nickname of First Lady of the world.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT?

Eleanor Roosevelt was important because she fought what she belived: peace, justice and equality for all people.

"DO ONE THING EVERY DAY THAT SCARES YOU"

VIDEOS:

https://youtu.be/_eWCZ9ssgJg

Platón was born in Athens between 428 and 423 BC and he died 348 BC.

FAMILY:

He was a member of an aristocratic, rich and influential family. His father was a descendant of two kings and his mother was a descendant of one of the founder of Athenian democracy.

He had two brothers and one sister.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

He is considered the father of classical philosophy.

He founded Platón Academy in Athens where the people studied mathematics, biology, astronomy etc...

Platon is considered one of the founders thinker in philosophy.

The most famous contribution is the ¨Theory of ideas¨ which explain the existence of a world where the ideas there are.

He was the disciple of Socrates and the teacher of Aristóteles.

He wrote a lot of dialogues where he explained their theories.

WHY IS IMPORTANT?:

Platon was one of the first philosopher to talk about the State and several political systems. For him, the best political system was something similar to our democracy.

Their political ideas have reached to our days.

VIDEOS:

https://youtu.be/jLesc5lITvo

Aristotle

Born: 384 B.C. in Stagira, Greece

Died: 322 B.C. in Euboea, Greece

lived in Greece. He was a philosopher, (which means he thought a lot about life the world, and how things work). He was also a teacher (of Alexander the Great) and a scientist. He to study nature, animals, and even how people should behave.

FAMILY:

Aristotle’s dad was named Nicomachus, and he was a doctor of a king. His mom was named Phaestis.

MARRIEGE: Aristotle had a wife named Pythias, and they had a daughter together, also named Pythias. Later, he had a son named Nicomachus.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

He was a student of another famous philosopher, Plato, and later he became a teacher himself. His most famous student was Alexander the Great, who conquered a lot of the world. Aristotle wrote many books about science, politics,, and even poetry. He also started his own school called the Lyceum, where people came to learn from him.

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT?

Aristotle is important because he helped create science and philosophy. He came up with ideas about logic, how to think clearly, and how to study the natural world. His ideas influenced people for thousands of years, and we still learn about him today. Aristotle loved observing animals and even classified them into groups, kind of like how we do in biology today.

Maria Antonieta was born on the 2nd of november of 1755 in Viena (Austria) and she died on the 16th of October of 1793 in Paris (France) because she was headed.

FAMILY:

Her mother was Maria Theresa, who was empress and her father, Francis I who was the emperor. She was fiveteen brothers. She got married with Louis Auguster and they had a daughter, María Theresa and a son, Luis XXVI. They get married from 1770 to 1793.

PROFESSIONAL CARRER:

She began to be the queen in 1774. She was accussed of using all the money of the country, and after that the habitants decided to cut her head and the head of her husband, Louis, and not have more kings in the country. Now it is called the French Revolution.

WHY IS IMPORTANT?

Antonieta is important because on the 16th of October of 1793 the habitants cut her head and the head of Louis. She was the last

queen of France.And this is why there are no more kings in France.

VIDEOS:https://youtu.be/oyIdEA4gsBs?si=HlHrVlwVDfmYgPh4

Dolores García (my great grandmother) was born on the 16th of Octouber 1933 in Vega del Ciego (in Lena). Now she is 91 years old. She lives alone but she shares garden with her daughter.

HER FAMILY:

She married Belarmino Cienfuegos and she had one daugther, two granddaughters and three great grandchildren (my brother, my sister and me).

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

She went to school in a very small vilage. She had a shoe store for 5 years.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT:

Because She is a person that I love and I admire a lot.

HER FAMILY: Her mother, was Aga Bojaxhiu and her father was Nikollë Bojaxhiu. Her father died very younger and he was a politician, and her mother educate the rest of the family in catholicism.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT?

She was a catholic nun that created a Congregation of Missionaries of charity in 1950. She helped poor, illness and orphan people. Her career was expanded in all the planet, creating hospitals and residences por them.

She received a lot of awards, the most important, was the Nobel de la Paz in 1979.

VIDEO:

https://youtu.be/ZK7goSN8hd4?si=jIcO7_vvVysU5CVR

Amelia Earhart was born on 24th July 1897 in Kansas and she was declared dead on 5th July 1937.

HER FAMILY:

Her father was Samuel Stanton Earhart and her Mother was Amelia Otis.

MARRIAGE:

Amelia Earhart got married with a publisher called George P. Putnam on 7th February 1931.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

Amelia Earhart studied at Columbia University and Purdue University, although she did not earn a college degree.

From a young age, she showed an interest in mechanics and aviation. In 1920, she took her first flying lesson with instructor Neta Snook, and then earned her pilot's license in 1921. Later, at Purdue University, she worked as a career guidance counselor for women and participated in aeronautical engineering programs.

Her formal education was not extensive, but her real learning was in aviation, where she made history as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT?

 She is important because since she began her aeronautical career, she has not stopped making history: She was the first woman to make a  flight across the Atlantic Ocean. The first person to make the same crossing twice. She set a record for the longest distance traveled by a woman without stopping. But she disappeared on 2nd July 1937.

Hernán Cortés was born in 1485 in Medellín,near Mérida, Extremadura, Castile, and died on December 2nd 1547 in Castilleja de la Cuesta.

HIS FAMILY:

His father, Martin Cortes de Monroy but he was poor, his mother was Catalina Pizarro Altamirano and he had a brother he was Martín Cortés.

MARRIAGE:

Hernán Cortés had two marriages, The first was with Catalina Xuárez Marcayda, The second was with Juana Ramírez de Arellano and Zúñiga

STUDIES:

Cortés studied for a time at the University of Salamanca where he acquired knowledge of Latin and law.

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT?

Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conqueror who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico beginning in 1519. After taking the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán Cortés plundered Mesoamerica and became the first ruler of the new colony of New Spain.

Jeff Bezos was born on the 12th of January of 1964 in United States so he is 61 years old.

HIS FAMILY:

His father is Teodoro Juan. He was petroleum engineer and his mother is Jacklyn Marie and she didn 't work.

He get married to MacKenzie Scott and he has 3 sons and 1 daughter (she is adopted).

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

Jeff Bezos studying Computer Science and Engineering allowed him to enter the world of computing and programming. His first job as a graduate allowed him to acquire knowledge of a career in finance because he collaborated in a Wall Street company, first as a computer scientist and later as a financial analyst.

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT:

He is the creator of Amazon, one of the companies that has changed the way the world buys. For this same reason, Bezos appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1999, in which he was named person of the year. He is the third richest person in the world.

Amazon has changed  There way we shop. Before everyone went to the neighborhood Store and now from the sofa we can buy. 

Also, Alexa is a robot that helps the elderly and keeps company. 

VIDEOS:

https://youtu.be/XhzF0qIvzEM

Nerea Martínez López was born on the 11th of August in 2004. She was born in the hospital of Cabueñes, Gijón (Asturias).

She grew up in Gijón, with her parents.

She started her studies at the school of (Montedeva), where also did the primary school, secondary school and highschool. When she finished school, she had excellent qualifications. That's why she got a grant to the best qualifications to be admited at the University.

During all these years, also she played some sports like: Swimming, athletics, tennis and basketball.

Then, she practised during eight years (Funky) a modern dance style.

In English she got the level B2.

This year, she is studying in Sicilia (Italia) the third course of biotecnology, like a Erasmus student.

She would like do a master laboratory specific to work in a hospital to investigate and discover new treatment for serious illnesses to help the people.

Now, she is twenty years old.

FAMILY:

Her dad is a taxi driver and her mum works in a telephone company.

Her mother's name is (Natividad) and her father's name is (José Antonio).

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT:

Because she is a person that I admire and I take her as a sister.

Alfred Nobel was born on the 21fs of October 1833 in Estocolmo and he die on the 10th of December 1896 in San Remo (Italia).

HIS FAMILY:

His father was Immanuel Nobel and his mother was Karolina Andriette Ahlsell and he had seven brothers Luduig, Robert, Emil, Betty, Henrietta, Rolf and Emanuel Nobel. He didn't have any children.

MARRIAGE:

He never marriage with nobady

PROFESSIONAL CARRER:

He studied engineering and chemistry.

At the age of 23 on September 19th 1866 Nobel discovered the dynamite and in an accident of a explotion one of his brothers die.

He inventied the Nobel Prizes to recognize the global importance of scientists, artists and diplomats who work to create a better society.

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT?

Alfred Nobel is important because he discovered the dynamite and he create the Nobel Prices

VIDEO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f32mmWUVym8

Nikola Tesla was born on the 10th of July of 1856 in Croacia and he died in 7th of January of 1943

HIS FAMILY:

Her mother was Đuka Madic and her father was Milutin Tesla was a priest.

He had one brother and four sisters.

PROFESSIONAL CARRER:

He went in the University Carolina de Praga Karlovac Gymnasuim(1870-1873)

and in the University Técnica de Graz(1875-1878). He study engineering and physics in the 1870s without earning a degree, although he gained practical experience in the early 1880s working in telephone work for the Continental Edison company, which was then leading the new electric power industry. In 1884 he emigrated to the United States, where he acquired dual nationality. Tesla founded laboratories and companies in New York to develop electrical and mechanical devices. Tesla gained fame as an inventor, displaying his achievements in his laboratory to numerous personalities and wealthy patrons, as well as standing out for his showmanship at public conferences. Throughout the 1890s, Tesla continued research into wireless lighting and the wireless distribution of electrical power around the world through his experiments with high-voltage, high-frequency power in New York and Colorado Springs.

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT?

Nikola Tesla went down in history for developing the alternating current power system that provides electricity to homes and buildings, and the induction coil know as the ´Tesla coil`. He aslo pionnered the field of radio communication and was granted over one hurded US patents

VIDEOS:

https://youtu.be/mvyJrY1ZmLY

She was born on the 23rd of July 1973.

She lived in Llanes as a child.

She came to Oviedo to study at the university and she lives here since then.

HER FAMILY:

Her mother is Elisabeth Bulnes Estrada she was a teacher and her father Antonio Romero Rumbo he was a agronomist.

She has one sister, Cristina.

She got married to Ramiro López Sieres.

They have one daughter, Inés and two sons, Jaime and Pablo (Me).

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

She studied teaching in Padre Ossó, and while studying she volunteered in a lot of places.
Her first school was in Belmonte and her current school is San Cucao, which is in Llanera.
WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT FOR ME? 
She is important to me because she takes care of me every day, she is a kind and friendly person with a very good sense of humour, I love her very much. As a teacher, she is a hard worker and is very committed to her students.
VIDEOS:
There are no videos of her because she is not a famous person for others but for me she is the most famous person in the world.

Ralph Baer was born on the 8Th of March 1922 in Rodalben (Germany). He died on the 6Th of December in 2014.

MARRIGE:

He married Dena Winston and they had three children: James, Mark and Nancy.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

He worked as an engineer boss in diferent companies in New York. In 1956 he founded a company.

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT?

Because he invented the console.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I73oK9q-jk

MALALA Yousafzai was born on July 12th in 1997 in Pakistan.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

On 9th October 2012 MALALA was shot in the head and neck by a Taliban gunman. She was given emergency treatment in Pakistan and she moved to Great Britain for more operations but she survived.

She won the Nobel Peace prize in 2014 when she was just 17 years old.

Malala yousafzai is the youngest person to have won Nobel Peace prize.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT?

she defended girls and women's rights especially to allow girls to go to school.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChQBHSL8vVg

Neil Armstrong was born on the 5th of August of 1930 in Wapakoneta Ohio (United States), and he died on the 25th of August of 2012.

HIS FAMILY:

His mother was Viola Armstrong, and his father Stephen Armstrong

MARRIAGE:

Neil Armstrong got married to Janet Shearon

PROFESSIONAL CAREER: He studied in the University of Southern California. He Studied a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering From Purdue University and also a Master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering.

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT?

Because he is the first human being to set foot on the natural satelite, the Moon in 1969 in Apollo XI mission.

VIDEO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flPFlY8hECk

Pablo Picasso was born on the 25th of October 1881 in Málaga and he died on the 8th of April 1973 in Mougins (France)

FAMILY:

His father was José Ruiz Blasco and his mother was María Picasso López. He has four children: two sons and two daughters. They are Paulo, Maya, Claude and Paloma.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

He studied Bellas Artes in San Fernando and París. Later, he started to paint and sculpt. He pioneered Cubism with Georges Braque. His more famous works are "Guernica" (1937), "Las señoritas de Aviñón" (1907), and "La vida" (1903). He had five periods: the Blue Period (1901-1904), the Rose Period (1904-1906), the African-influenced Period (1907-1909), Analytic Cubism (1909-1912) and Synthetic Cubism (1912-1919).

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT?

Because Cubism revolutionized the history of art.

INTERESTING FACT:

Pablo Picasso´s full name is:

Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.

VIDEO:

https://youtu.be/KwFKK4gn78c

Josefina Castellví was born on 1st July 1935, in Barcelona. She is a famous Spanish oceanographer, biologist, and writer, recognized as a pioneer in Antarctic research. According to available information, she is still alive.

HER FAMILY:

Josefina Castellví grew up in a family in Barcelona during the Spanish Republic era. Her father was a doctor, and her mother was a homemaker. She also had an older sister, and both were encouraged by their parents to pursue education, which was quite progressive for the time.

MARRIAGE:

There is no public information available about Josefina Castellví was married or had a husband. Her documented legacy mainly focuses on her groundbreaking scientific achievements and contributions to Antarctic research.

PROFESIONAL CARRER:

Josefina Castellví's professional career is truly inspiring. She began her journey in biology, earning her degree from the University of Barcelona in 1957 and later specializing in oceanography at the Sorbonne in Paris. She became a pioneer in marine microbiology, focusing on oceanic bacteria and microalgae.

In 1984, she made history as one of the first Spanish women to participate in an international Antarctic expedition. She played a crucial role in establishing Spain's presence in Antarctica, helping to set up the Spanish Antarctic Base Juan Carlos I on Livingston Island. From 1989 to 1993, she served as the director of this base, becoming the first woman in the world to lead an Antarctic base.

Josefina also directed Spain's National Antarctic Research Program and the Institute of Marine Sciences. Even after retiring in 2000, she dedicated herself to science communication, emphasizing the importance of Antarctic research.

Her contributions have earned her numerous accolades, including the Creu de Sant Jordi and the Catalan of the Year award.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT?

Josefina Castellví is important because she was a pioneer in Antarctic research and the first woman to lead a base in Antarctica. She helped establish the Spanish Antarctic Base and promoted marine microbiology studies, which are essential for understanding ecosystems and climate change. Her legacy inspires generations and highlights the importance of science and equality.

VIDEOS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMuhNwjlHsE

Francisco José de Goya was born on 30th March 1746 in Burdeos (France) and he died on the 16th April 1828.

HIS FAMILY:

His father was José Benito de Goya y Franque, and his mother was Gracia de Lucientes y Salvador.

MARRIAGE:

Francisco José de Goya got married to Josefa Bayeu.

PROFESSIONAL CARREER:

Gova was a painter, graphic artist, visual artist, chamber painter, craftsman and lithographer.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aygRYe-J7xM

She was born on 6th of july 1907 in Coyoacàn (Mexico), and she died on the 13th of July 1954 Coyoacàn (Mexico).

HER FAMILY:

Her father was Guillermo kahlo a German photographer, her morther was Matilde Calderón .She had two sisters and one brother.

MARRIAGE:

She married the muralist Diego Rivera in 1929 and she didn´t have children .

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

She began her medical studies at the National Preparatory School in Mexico .At eighteen years she was in volved in a serious bus accident and was hospitalized for a long time . She dedicated her time to making self-portraits from her bed .After that, she dropped out of shcool and devoted herself to paiting.She was a teacher at the National School of Paintig and only had four students known as "the Fridos" . She was one of the first women to attend Mexico´s National High School.

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT ?

She was an icon of mexico for creating a style that showcased her life ,natural elements ,and Mexican influences .She won the National Painting Prize .She was the frist Mexican artistto exhibit at the Louvre.

VIDEOS:

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