Historia de vida: una mujer del Opus Dei en los primeros años del franquismo (1945-1950) / Life Story: a Woman in Opus Dei in the Early Years of Francoism (1945-1950)

Abstract

This article studies the life story of Aurora Nieto Funcia, a woman who joined Opus Dei in 1945, in early years of Franco’s dictatorship in Spain. Her existence is interesting for three reasons, all of them related to the historical context in which she lived. The first is her personal and family situation: she studied to be a teacher and had to work to support her family financially, she managed a farm in Zamora and taught in an institution. Secondly, because she was a Catholic woman, very common in her time, and at the same time closely linked to Catholic Action, where she held positions of responsibility, who discovered and became convinced of the message transmitted to her by José María Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei. And the third, is the way in which Nieto Funcia understood what Opus Dei was and how she discovered that she too was called to this way.

Keywords

• aurora nieto funcia
• women
• spain
• early francoism
• opus dei
• catholicism