Elena Arnedo Soriano (25 November 1941 – 7 September 2015) was a Spanish gynecologist, writer, and women's rights activist.

Biography

The daughter of feminist writer

Elena Soriano Elena may refer to: People * Elena (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name * Raymond Elena (1931-2024), French former professional racing cyclist. * Joan Ignasi Elena (born 1968), Catalan politician * Francine El ...

, Arnedo was born in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

. Arnedo was the cousin of

Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo Leopoldo Ramón Pedro Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo, 1st Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo (; 14 April 1926 – 3 May 2008), usually known as Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, was Prime Minister of Spain between 1981 and 1982. Early life and career Calvo-Sotelo was ...

. She married economist

Miguel Boyer Miguel Boyer (5 February 1939 – 29 September 2014) was a Spanish economist and politician, who served as minister of economy, treasury and commerce from 1982 to 1985. Early life and education Boyer was born in St. Jean de Luz, France, on 5 F ...

in 1964. With him, she had two children, Laura and Miguel. She subsequently studied

gynecology Gynaecology or gynecology (see American and British English spelling differences) is the area of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the Female reproductive system, female reproductive system. It is often paired with the field of obste ...

and breast pathology at

University of Strasbourg The University of Strasbourg (, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers. Founded in the 16th century by Johannes Sturm, it was a center of intellectual life during ...

. She divorced Boyer in 1985 and remarried academic Fernando Terán Troyano. A pioneer in reproductive rights, she wrote several books, including ''Testamento materno'', which dealt with the ravages of drugs in connection with the death of a son. She was a critic of a drug industry that reaps great benefits selling an illusion of eternal youth. She also edited the Spanish version of the reference book ''El gran libro de la mujer'' (The Big Book of Women), about various things related to women. In 2003, she was elected a city councillor for Madrid on the

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( , PSOE ) is a Social democracy, social democratic Updated as required.The PSOE is described as a social-democratic party by numerous sources: * * * * List of political parties in Spain, political party ...

ticket. She resigned in 2007. Arnedo had cancer for eight years before dying on 7 September 2015 at the age of 74.

Work

* 2009, ''Women and socialism'' in the book ''The feminist movement in Spain in the 70s,'' Ed. Cátedra * 2003, ''the bite of the horsefly. Women in the face of age changes.'' Ed Aguilar * 2000, the ''feminine donjuanismo.'' Ed. Atalaya * 1997, ''The great book of the woman.'' Ed. Today's Topics

References

External links

* 1941 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Spanish women writers Writers from Madrid Spanish women's rights activists Spanish women activists University of Strasbourg alumni Politicians from Madrid Deaths from cancer in Spain Spanish gynaecologists Madrid city councillors (2003–2007) {{Madrid-politician-stub