Ángeles Flórez Peón
Spanish soldier, politician, nurse and writer
Ángeles Flórez Peón (17 November 1918 – 23 May 2024), known as Maricuela, was a Spanish activist and writer. She was the honorary president of the Socialist Youth of Asturias (JSA), and was considered, at the time of her death, to be the last living Spanish socialist militiawoman.
Biography
Flórez was born in Blimea on 17 November 1918. She began working at age 9, scrubbing floors. When she was 15, she lost her older brother Antonio, who was killed along with 23 other men during the suppression of the October 1934 revolutionary strike in Carbayín. This event led to her joining the Socialist Youth in 1936, and after the July coup d'état, she became a militia member in Colloto. She was also a nurse in a field hospital in Gijón. Her nom de guerre, Maricuela, refers to the main character of a 1934 Jacinto Sánchez play entitled ¡Arriba los pobres del mundo!, in which Flórez had performed at age 17, when the Spanish Civil War broke out.
Flórez was captured in October 1937, and initially sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, although this was later reduced to 9 years. In May 1938, she was transferred to Saturrarán prison in Gipuzkoa, where she remained until she was released on parole in August 1941.
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