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Department of World Languages and Literatures

Live Q&A with Dr. Catherine Jaffe, editor, and Dr. Elizabeth Lewis, contributor

May 5, 2022

Book cover with an older woman looking down at a young girl in period dress. Title: Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain: The Junta de Damas de Honor y Mérito, 1787-1823. Edited by Catherine M. Jaffe and Elisa Martín-Valdepeñas Yagüe

Thursday, May 5th at 2pm CT (3pm ET), Prof. Catherine M. Jaffe, co-editor, and Dr. Elizabeth Lewis, contributor, will appear in a live virtual discussion and Q&A featuring their new Louisiana State University Press book, "Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain."

Sign up for the event: https://fb.me/e/3mVS2BeQ2.

In original essays drawn from a myriad of archival materials, "Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain" reveals how the members of the Junta de Damas de Honor y Mérito, founded in 1787 to administer charities and schools for impoverished women and children, claimed a role in the public sphere through their self-representation as civic mothers and created an enlightened legacy for modern feminism in Spain.