The pioneering challenge of explaining the history of Catalonia from the perspective of women

"Be reborn from history. Dream it and remake it," said the poet Pere Quart . Montserrat Duch Plana (Tarragona, 1959), a professor at the Rovira i Virgili University, has kept these words very much in mind when taking on a "pioneering challenge": to explain the history of Catalonia from the perspective of women and the contribution they have made. "Until now, we had a chronic deficit: we had explained history from the perspective of men and from activities like power and business. Aspects such as daily life, work, or sexuality, in which women have been fundamental, have been left aside," explained Duch this Wednesday during the presentation of Grup 62's autumn novelties, which highlighted History of Women , which Edicions 62 will put on sale at the end of October. "Many European countries have a history of women like the one that will see the light of day at Edicions 62 this October. The first, History of Women in the West , was coordinated by Georges Duby and Michelle Perrot in 1990. Since then, 36 years have passed. It is time to fill this gap," he added.