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Gloria Giner de los Ríos García
Spanish teacher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gloria Giner de los Ríos García (28 March 1886 – 6 February 1970) was a Spanish teacher at the Escuela Normal Superior de Maestras and the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. The author of innovative manuals dedicated to the teaching of history and geography,[1] she, together with Leonor Serrano Pablo [es], developed the educational "recipe" that they called "enthusiastic observation". They also worked to change the androcentric canon of geographical studies to include women.[2]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Giner de los Ríos and the second or maternal family name is García.
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Born | (1886-03-28)28 March 1886 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 6 February 1970(1970-02-06) (aged 83) Madrid, Spain |
Resting place | Civil Cemetery of Madrid [es] |
Occupation | Teacher |
Spouse | Fernando de los Ríos |
Children | Laura de los Ríos Giner [es] |
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She lived in exile during the Francoist Spain era, forming part of the intellectual elite that carried out educational, philological, literary, legal, and cultural work. Her family had close connections to that of poet Federico García Lorca.