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How Spain’s 1978 Constitution Reshaped Women’s Political Power 

By Najmussahar Faizan, University of Missouri–Kansas City The Spanish democratic transition of 1978 is that of one of Europe’s most dramatic political transformations. For a nation developing for nearly forty years from Francoist dictatorship, where women lacked legal autonomy, couldn’t work without husband permission, and faced systematic repression, the new Constitution promised something revolutionary: realContinue reading “How Spain’s 1978 Constitution Reshaped Women’s Political Power “