María Cuyás Ponsá : maestra, profesora de escuela normal, directora de residencia universitaria e inspectora de educación

Abstract

The research refers to Maria Cuyàs Ponsa (Barcelona, 1899-1992), teacher at Institución Libre de Enseñanza schools, at the Normal of Lleida, Inspector in Barcelona and Huelva. She translated a Robert Dottrens’s book and published few articles in education magazines. She suffered internal and external exile: sanctioned by Franco’s regime and exiled in Cuba. Until now no approach to Maria Cuyàs has been made and, therefore, this is the first article about her, different types of primary sources (libraries, archives, internet...) and documents (unpublished texts, photographs, legislation...) have been used which, fortunately, are preserved at Instituto de Estudios Albacetenses. This article refers to the research we are carrying out on Maria Cuyàs Ponsa (Barcelona, 1899- 1992), a teacher at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza schools, a professor at the Escuela Normal in Lleida and Inspector in Barcelona and Huelva. She was the translator of a book by the Swiss pedagogue Robert Dottrens and published several articles in education magazines. She suffered internal and external exile: sanctioned by the Franco’s regime and exiled in Cuba. Since nothing has been published about her so far, the use of primary sources extracted directly from specialized archives has been essential, as well as personal documents, most of which are deposited in the Instituto de Estudios Albacetenses.