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Activism and representations of motherhood in the autobiography of Dolores Ibárruri, Pasionaria

2001; Berghahn Books; Volume: 1; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3167/147335301782485270

1752-2331

Carrie Hamilton,

Spanish Literature and Culture Studies

In November 1985, at the funeral of Dolores Ibarruri, the communist activist universally known as Pasionaria, the leader of the Spanish Communist Party (PCE), Julio Anguita, bid farewell to his late colleague with these words: Duerme, companera Ibarruri. Reposa, camarada Pasionaria. Descansa, Presidenta. Suena dulcemente, Madre Dolores. (Cruz 1999: 17) [Sleep, companion Ibarruri. Repose, comrade Pasionaria. Rest, President. Dream sweetly, Mother Dolores.] With these four lines, Anguita summed up a life which had spanned most of the 20th century – the life of a woman who had been friend and colleague, comrade, Party President, and mother.