Guardian of Basque Culture for 90 Years

Inspired by the Irish women's collective Cumann na mBan, the Basque National Women's Association was founded in 1922. Soon after, mainly middle-class women from the Bilbao area joined the movement. In 1934, the Bizkaia EAB had 15,000 members. The creation of the Begiraleak association in Donibane Lohizune (Lapurdi) is directly related to the nationalist women's group in Hondarribia (Gipuzkoa). The first rally given by Polixene Trabadua and Julia…