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Montseny, Federica (1905–1994) Anarchist leader, feminist, novelist, and writer on social issues, who became minister of health in the Republic during the Spanish Civil War, the first woman to hold a ministerial post in Spanish history. Name variations: Frederica Montseny y Mañé.

Federica Montseny Mañé ( Madrid, 12 de febrero de 1905 - Toulouse, 14 de enero de 1994) fue una política, sindicalista anarquista y escritora española, ministra de Sanidad durante la Segunda República, siendo la primera mujer en ocupar un cargo ministerial en España y una de las primeras en Europa occidental.

Federica Montseny, now seventy-one, has resided longer in France than she lived in her homeland of Spain. She writes and speaks with equal facility in French, in Spanish, and in Catalan.

Frederica Montseny i Mañé ( Catalan: [munˈsɛɲ]; 1905–1994) was a Spanish anarchist and intellectual who served as Minister of Health and Social Assistance in the Government of the Spanish Republic during the Civil War. She is known as a novelist and essayist and for being one of the first female ministers in Western Europe. Part of a series on

On February 12, 1905 in Madrid, Federica Montseny Mane was born into one of the most influential families in the history of the Spanish Anarchists. As the daughhter of Federico Urales (a.k.a. Juan Montseny) and Teresa Mane (a.k.a. Soledad Gustavo), she practically inherited the anarchist tradition that was prominent in her family.