''Feminal'' () was a feminist magazine written in Catalan and published in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, Spain. It was one of the most important feminist publications in Spain of the early 20th century.

History

''Feminal'' was a Catalan language monthly supplement to ''La Ilustració Catalana''. It was published in Barcelona between 1907 and 1917. There was a second period of the magazine, in 1925, during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, but written at that time in

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, of which only two issues are known. ''Feminal'' was defined as a magazine "with conservative ideas, but clearly feminist". In addition to

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...

, the publication also supported

Catalan nationalist Catalan nationalism promotes the idea that the Catalan people form a distinct nation and national identity. A related term is Catalanism (, ), which is more related to regionalism and tends to have a wider meaning, most people who define themsel ...

ideas. Its director was the journalist Carmen Karr. Collaborators included Palmira Ventós ("Felip Palma"),

Dolors Monserdà Dolors Monserdà i Vidal (née, Dolors Moncerdà i Vidal; also known as, Dolors Monserdà de Macià; Barcelona, 1845 - 1919) was a Catalan writer, poet, storyteller, playwright, essayist, and columnist. She was the sister of the painter Enric Mon ...

, Agnès Armengol, Maria Doménech,

Caterina Albert Caterina Albert i Paradís (L'Escala, Spain, 11 September 1869 — 27 January 1966), better known by her pen name Víctor Català, was a Catalan writer in Catalan and Spanish who participated in the Modernisme movement and was the author o ...

Víctor Català Caterina Albert i Paradís (L'Escala, Spain, 11 September 1869 — 27 January 1966), better known by her pen name Víctor Català, was a Catalan writer in Catalan language, Catalan and Spanish language, Spanish who participated in the Modern ...

"), Sara Llorens, Lluïsa Vidal and

Lola Anglada Dolors Anglada i Sarriera (; 1893, in Barcelona – 1984, in Tiana, Province of Barcelona), commonly known as ''Lola Anglada'', was a Spanish writer, comics artist and illustrator. Biography Born to a Barcelona family with strong roots in Tia ...

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* {{authority control Feminist magazines published in Spain 1907 establishments in Catalonia Magazines established in 1907 Magazines disestablished in 1917