Las mujeres y la enseñanza científico-tecnológica en la España del Siglo XX

Abstract

«Women and Scientific-Technology Teaching in Twentieth-Century Spain» This article seeks to question the widespread belief that university female students in the past opted for the most part for humanistic degrees. Starting from an analysis of the available statistical data, it is shown that scientific degrees constituted the main option of Spanish female students throughout much of 20th century, including the first part of Franco’s regime. This preference for sciences was also extended to university female teachers. The quick growth of Spanish University in the sixties put an end to this traditional preference. This tendency towards the massive development of universities made the new university women students turn to humanistic degrees.