Women’s representation in Carmen de Burgos Colombine’s reports during Marruecos War

Abstract

Translator, writer, film critic, women’s rights and divorce advocate, teacher… There are many facets that portray Carmen de Burgos but one of them stands out among the others: she was a journalist. Carmen has gone down in history because she was the first woman being hired as a writer by a newspaper in Spain. Known by her pen-name Colombine, this 20th century communication professional stood out due to her liberal thinking which disagreed with the moral standards of her age. This paper looks over Carmen de Burgos’ journalistic production as Marruecos war correspondent in order to analyse how the author presents women in her articles during August and September, 1909.