Logroño, (EFE).- The City Council of Logroño has published the book “Women in the street of Logroño”, which incorporates 53 references of illustrious women, who have their street in the capital of La Rioja.
The texts of the book are by Diego Moreno and the illustrations by Sara Martínez, who have participated this Wednesday, Women’s Day, in the institutional act of the Logroño City Council, in which the publication has been presented.
The mayor of the city, Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza, has congratulated the authors of the book, which includes 53 references from writers, politicians, religious and other leading women, offering “a small approximation of their biography and achievements and all they are brave women whose lives made ours easier.” he has said he.
María Zambrano, Luisa Marín Lacalle, Pilar Salarrullana, Rosa Chacel, María Dolores Malumbres, Nieves Sainz de Aja, María Moliner, Margarita Salas are some of the women who have joined “our street skin” in recent years, she added.
The President of the Government of La Rioja, Concha Andreu, has assured that “we are one of the most open and tolerant societies in the world thanks, in large part, to the feminist fight for equality
For this reason, Andreu added, this 8M “I want to claim that, behind all these advances, there has been a majority and unitary social will to advance equality.”
The event, which was attended by regional and local authorities, along with members of the Municipal Corporation, was attended by schoolchildren from the Madre de Dios School and the singer-songwriter Elena Aranoa. EFE