Victoria Kent

Perfil de la feminista, política e ideóloga española Victoria Kent. Contraste con el prototipo de la feminista temperamental, la feminista insensible o la sentimental. Valoración de su vida dedicada al servicio, su idealismo diferenciador, su polémica postura de entrega gradual del sufragio femenino. Comentarios sobre su actividad como jefa de las cárceles españolas durante la Segunda República y la reforma penitenciaria de amplias proporciones emprendida desde ese cargo, basada en su fe en la modificación del delincuente y sustentada en numerosos cambios materiales al interior de los recintos penales. Su lucha como un tipo de maternidad. Palabras clave: Feminista, cárcel, reforma, sufragio, maternidad. A profile of the Spanish feminist, politician and ideologue Victoria Kent provides a contrast with the prototype of the temperamental feminist, the insensitive feminist or the sentimental feminist. Here we have an appraisal of a life dedicated to service, her differentiated idealism and polemical position on the gradual implementation of feminine suffrage. Commentaries on her activity as head of Spanish prisons during the Second Republic and the penitentiary reforms of ample proportions that were undertaken under her leadership, based on her faith in the modification of the delinquent and supported by numerous material changes inside prisons. Her struggle is seen as a type of maternity. Keywords: Feminist, prison, reform, suffrage, maternity.