Genealogía de psicólogas españolas en Latinoamérica

Abstract

«Genealogy of Spanish women psychologists in Latin America». The purpose of this article is to carry out an introduction to the life and work of four women psychologists who lived throughout the last century and have in common their Spanish origin, expanding their training in differen European countries and their status as migrants in Latin America, serving as a bridge to the new scientific currents. In three cases they were initially formed in Education, two of them performing an important application of their psychological knowledge to education, in the days before and during the Spanish civil war. The other two —one of them a doctor in Medicine and Surgery— actively worked on the origins of Psychology, first in Spain and then, one in Colombia and another one in Argentina, contributing to the implementation and development of Psychology in Latin America. In particular I will focus on the following pioneers: Maria Luisa Navarro Margati (1890-1947), Mercedes Rodrigo Bellido (1891-1982), Regina Lago García (1897-1966) and Fernanda Cobello Monastery (1920-2006).