Concepción Arenal (1820-1893) Reformer
English social and thinker born in El Ferrol (La Coruña).
From a self-taught went on to become one of the leading English women of the nineteenth century. Well known for his work for prison reform and charitable activities, and very close to krausismo, Concepción Arenal collaborated with Fernando de Castro in the founding of the Ateneo Art and Literary Ladies in 1869. Despite its limited success, was the forerunner of subsequent initiatives for training and education of women as a first step toward equal rights in the society. As a criminal lawyer, involved line thinking of Pedro Dorado Montero, reformer of criminal law at the time, proposing an educational orientation and not repressive prison system to reform the offender rather than punishment.
was the author of several books, among them Charity, philanthropy and charity (1861), Prison Studies (1877) and Women of the future (1884). He died in Vigo in 1893.
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