Asociación de Ex-presos y Represaliados Políticos Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica Federación Estatal de Foros por la Memoria Calvet, Maria Dolores University of California, San Diego
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Calvet was born in 1951 in Sabadell, to a working class Catholic family. She left home at eighteen largely due to her militant leftist politics, which clashed with her family's Catholicism. She became a Communist, working clandestinely in the early 1970s. She also associated with the Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya (PSUC). Before the Partido Comunista (PC) was legalized she worked underground, distributing propaganda, teaching women about their rights, all while earning a living through various secretarial and journalistic jobs. She was briefly detained in 1975 as a result of her political activism. Calvet moved to Hospitalet, and also lived in Barcelona where she came to study. In the general elections of 1977 she was elected as a diputada from Barcelona with the PSUC. She describes her involvement in politics during the transition to democracy of the late 1970s, including the drafting of the new Constitution. Finally, Calvet comments on the current political situation in Catalonia, drawing some comparisons to the political climate of the 1970s. Currently professor of urbanism in the Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Calvet remains active in women's issues dealing with workplace equality, and other social issues Calvet nació en 1951 en Sabadell, en el seno de una familia católica de clase trabajadora. Se fue de casa a los dieciocho años en gran parte debido a su política militante de izquierda, que chocaba con el catolicismo de su familia. Se convirtió en comunista, trabajando clandestinamente a principios de la década de 1970. También se asoció con el Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya (PSUC). Antes de que se legalizara el Partido Comunista (PC), trabajaba en la clandestinidad, distribuyendo propaganda, centrándose en los derechos de las mujeres, todo mientras se ganaba la vida a través de varios trabajos periodísticos y de secretaria. Fue detenida brevemente en 1975 como resultado de su activismo político. Calvet se mudó a Hospitalet, y también vivió en Barcelona donde vino a estudiar. En las elecciones generales de 1977 fue elegida diputada por Barcelona por el PSUC. Ella describe su participación en la política durante la transición a la democracia de fines de la década de 1970 y menciona la redacción de la nueva Constitución. Finalmente, Calvet comenta la situación política actual en Cataluña, haciendo algunas comparaciones con el clima político de los años setenta. Actualmente profesora de urbanismo en la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Calvet se mantiene activa en temas de mujer relacionados con la igualdad laboral y otros temas sociales. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Calvet's testimony was recorded in Barcelona, Spain Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship Interviews in Spanish Calvet, Maria Dolores. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2010 Barcelona, Spain :, Spanish Civil War Memory Project, 2010
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moving image
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2 video files : digital, sound, color
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ark:/20775/bb4062659w
Language
Spanish
Subject
Oral history Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) Interviews History Personal narratives-Spanish Communism Nonfiction films Partido Comunista de España Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya Barcelona (Spain) Catalonia (Spain) Spain
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