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Teresa Mañé i Miravet, an important Spanish lay teacher who became an anarchist, wrote most frequently under the pseudonym of Soledad Gustavo. She was married to Federico Urales (a.k.a. Juan Montseny) and the mother of Federica Montseny. Gustavo was a member of the Confederation of Lay Teachers of Catalonia (Confederación de Maestros Laicos de Cataluña) and promoted radical pedagogy before it became famous with Francisco Ferrer's Modern School. In 1889 she won a prize for her essay on free love at the Certamen Socialista, a literary contest held in Barcelona. Initially a Federal Republican, Gustavo eventually became involved with anarchism, where she met Federico Urales, whom she married in a civil ceremony in 1891, and with whom she went into exile briefly in London in 1897 following a wave of political repression. Returning to Madrid, she ran a school and was an active campaigner for the freedom of political prisoners from the affairs of Jerez and Montjuich. She also edited and managed a number of anarchist publications with Urales, most notably La Revista Blanca (The White Review, 1898–1905 and 1923–36), for which she translated works by writers such as Louise Michel, Gustavo de la Barre, and Antonio Labriola, and contributed over two hundred articles before it ceased publication. Gustavo's own writings focused on women's issues and education, arguing for women's emancipation ... log in or subscribe to read full text