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Anna Freixas
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Born
Anna Freixas Farré

(1946-07-21) 21 July 1946 (age 79)
Barcelona, Spain
Alma mater University of Barcelona
Occupation Writer, professor
Employer University of Córdoba
Awards Meridiana Award [es] (2009)

Anna Freixas Farré (born July 21, 1946) is a Spanish writer and a professor who taught at a university. She is known for her work on feminism and how women experience getting older.

About Anna Freixas

Anna Freixas studied psychology at the University of Barcelona. There, she earned her PhD, which is a very high university degree. Her early teaching career also began at this university. For her PhD, she studied how women see themselves as they get older.

Her Work as a Professor

In 1981, Anna Freixas moved to Andalusia, a region in Spain. She started working at the University of Córdoba. She taught about how people grow and learn, which is called Evolutionary Psychology and Education.

She also started and led a special group called the Women's Studies Classroom from 1994 to 2001. This group later became the Leonor de Guzmán Chair. It focused on studying topics important to women.

What She Studied

Anna Freixas's main research areas included how women age, how boys and girls learn together (coeducation), and feminism. She also looked at how psychology research and teaching could include a gender perspective. This means looking at how things are different for men and women. She is seen as a pioneer for her early work on how women age in Spain.

Books by Anna Freixas

Anna Freixas has written several books. These books often explore topics like women's experiences, aging, and freedom.

  • Mujer y envejecimiento. Aspectos psicosociales (La Caixa Foundation, 1993)
  • (Ed.) Abuelas, madres, hijas: La transmisión sociocultural del arte de envejecer (ISBN: 8474267927, Icaria Editorial, 2005)
  • Demà més: dones, vides i temps (Institut Català de les Dones, 2006)
  • Nuestra menopausia: una versión no oficial (ISBN: 9788449319877, Paidós, 2007)
  • Tan frescas. Las nuevas mujeres mayores del siglo XXI (ISBN: 9788449328664, Paidós, 2013)
  • Sin reglas. Erótica y libertad femenina en la madurez (ISBN: 9788494740893, Capitán Swing, 2018)
  • Yo, vieja. Apuntes de supervivencia para seres libres (Capitán Swing, 2021)

Awards and Special Honors

Anna Freixas has received many awards for her important work.

  • In 1993, her book Mujer y envejecimiento. Aspectos psicosociales won the Dr. Rogeli Duocastella Award. This award is for research in social sciences.
  • In 1999, she received the 6th Carmen de Burgos Feminist Disclosure Award. This award came from the University of Málaga.
  • In 2009, she received the Meridiana Award [es] from the Regional Government of Andalusia. This award honors people and groups who work for equal rights between men and women.
  • In 2019, she was given the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the Simón Bolívar University in Barranquilla, Colombia. This is a special honor given by a university to someone important, even if they didn't study there. She was the first woman to receive this recognition from that university.
  • In 2021, she received the Friends of the Elders 2021 Award.

See also

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