Clara Campoamor Rodríguez was a Spanish politician, writer and feminist.

She was known

for being a defender of women's rights and suffrage. She also created the Femenine Republican Union. Her

parents were part of the working-class, and after her father’s death, when she was 13 years old,

Clara had to start working to help her family.

However, she didn’t stop studying and she finally passed her exams to enter

the University of Madrid School of Law. She got her Law Degree in 1924 and, when she was 36,

she became one of the few female lawyers of the country.

Clara Campoamor is a role model to me because she fought for women’s right to vote. In 1931,

she was elected deputy of Madrid by the Radical Party. She was part of a Commission

in which she fought against sexual discrimination, for the right to divorce and for the universal suffrage.

She succeeded in everything except for the universal suffrage, which was discussed

in the Spanish Parliament. Clara won the debate, and the article 36, which let women vote, was approved.

When the Civil War began, she was exiled and went to France, where she published several books

about her political experience. She also lived in Argentina but she never came back to Spain.

She worked in Switzerland as a lawyer until she got blind and died in that country.

To conclude, I want to state that I would like to be like Clara Campoamor because she was really brave.

She fought for everything she believed in and she achieved something that is very important

for women in our country: our right to vote and to be considered an equal part of the society.