«Milicianes del POUM»

Foto Lux
1937
Gelatine glass plate
13x18 cm
CRDI. Fons Foto Lux

Following the military uprising on 19th July 1936, women went out onto the street to fight fascism and defend the political and social rights they had achieved during the Second Republic. In the first moments of euphoria some women grabbed a rifle and joined the militia battalions on the way to the front.