In 1967, she graduated from the
National University of Ireland, and in 1975 she obtained a
licentiate in philosophy and letters at the
University of Barcelona. She received her doctorate there in 1977 in the specialty of modern history, with the thesis
La mujer en las organizaciones políticas de izquierdas en España, 1931–1939. In 1982, she was one of the founders of the Women's Historical Research Center at the University of Barcelona. In 1984, she won the Emilia Pardo Bazán prize for her work
Presencia y protagonismo. Aspectos de la historia de las mujeres. In 1995, the
Generalitat de Catalunya awarded her the
Creu de Sant Jordi. In 2008 she received the President Macià Working Medal. In 2010 she became a
Doctor Honoris Causa at the
University of Granada. She is one of the directors of '''', has collaborated with
UNESCO, and was president of the Spanish Association for Women's History Research (AEIHM) from 1991 to 1997. She is a Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Barcelona. ==Books==