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Margarita Nelken: La Elección Parlamentaria De Una Diputada Socialista En La Segunda República (Badajoz, 1931-1936) Revista de Estudios Extremeños, 2013, Tomo LXIX, Número III, pp. 1.911-2.002 1911 Margarita Nelken: La elección parlamentaria de una diputada socialista en la Segunda República (Badajoz, 1931-1936) PABLO VILLALAÍN GARCÍA Doctor en Historia RESUMEN Este artículo muestra una de las facetas menos conocidas de la vida política de Margarita Nelken, la única mujer que fue diputada en las tres legislaturas de la Segunda República (1931-1933, 1933-1936 y 1936): su elec- ción en la circunscripción electoral de Badajoz. Asimismo, se presenta su proceso de radicalización política a lo largo del periodo republicano mediante sus intervenciones en los distintos actos electorales en que participó, una radicalización que se dio en una mujer que hasta entonces era conocida por su faceta intelectual y por algunas incursiones en temas que la habían definido como una peculiar feminista que no apoyaba el voto de la mujer. PALABRAS CLAVE: Elecciones, diputada, Segunda República, Badajoz, socialis- mo, feminismo. SUMMARY This article deals with one of the least-known facets of the political life of Margarita Nelken, the only female member of parliament -for the constituency of Badajoz- during the three consecutive legislatures of the Spanish Second Republic (1931-1933, 1933-1936 and 1936). Also dealt with is the gradual radicalisation of her politics during this period, manifested in the various campaign events in which she participated - the radicalisation of a woman who was, up until that time, known for her intellect and for some forays into areas which had led to her being known as an unusual feminist in that she wasn’t in favour of women’s suffrage. KEYWORDS: General election, Member of Parliament, Spanish Second Republic, Badajoz, socialism, feminism. Revista de Estudios Extremeños, 2013, Tomo LXIX - N.º III I.S.S.N.: 0210-2854 1912 PABLO VILLALAÍN GARCÍA La socialista Margarita Nelken fue la única diputada elegida en las tres legislaturas de la Segunda República, y en todas ellas por la circunscripción de Badajoz. En esa etapa política se celebraron tres elecciones generales (28 de junio de 1931, 19 de noviembre de 1933 y 16 de febrero de 1936), además de algunas segundas vueltas cuando no se cubrían todos los escaños en las primeras a tenor de los requisitos que establecía la legislación electoral y otras parciales (por renuncia de diputados al haber sido elegidos en otra circunscrip- ción -acta doble, triple o más-, muerte de algún diputado, etc.). La primera de esas situaciones (segunda vuelta) se produjo en la circunscripción de Badajoz en las elecciones de junio de 1931, las que tuvieron carácter constituyente, cuando no se pudieron elegir 3 diputados en la primera vuelta; y la segunda (elección parcial), cuando hubo que sustituir al diputado socialista Juan Morán Bayo, que había sido elegido también por la circunscripción de Córdoba pro- vincia (acta doble), y quien representó, por sorteo, a la circunscripción cordo- besa, por lo que se celebró una nueva elección el 4 de octubre de 1931. Y fue en esa elección parcial en la que fue elegida Margarita Nelken, su debut como parlamentaria. BIOGRAFÍA Aunque el objetivo de este artículo no es estudiar su biografía, ni siquie- ra su biografía política, sino su elección como parlamentaria (fue una de los 72 diputados que lo fueron en las tres elecciones republicanas, lo que hemos dado en llamar “una élite entre la élite”1, además de la única mujer), es necesario efectuar alguna mención a ella, al menos en la que tiene relevancia en nuestro estudio2. 1 VILLALAÍN, P.: “Una élite entre la élite”, Cuadernos Republicanos, n.º 69, Invierno 2009. 2 Entre las diversas obras que estudian su biografía, destacamos las de PRESTON, P.: Palomas de guerra. Cinco mujeres marcadas por el enfrentamiento bélico. Plaza y Janés, Barcelona, 2001, pp. 261-351; y MARTÍNEZ, J.: Las santas rojas. Flor del Viento, Barcelona, 2008, pp. 189-255. Mucho más resumida, en MARTÍN NÁJERA, A.: Diccionario Biográfico del Socialismo Español. 1879-1939. Fundación Pablo Iglesias, Madrid, 2010, Volumen II, pp. 584-585. Revista de Estudios Extremeños, 2013, Tomo LXIX - N.º III I.S.S.N.: 0210-2854 MARGARITA NELKEN: LA ELECCIÓN PARLAMENTARIA DE UNA DIPUTADA 1913 SOCIALISTA EN LA SEGUNDA REPÚBLICA (BADAJOZ, 1931-1936) Nacida el 5 de julio de 1894 en Madrid (sus padres eran Julius Nelken, joyero alemán que había emigrado a España en 1889, y Jeanne Mansberger, francesa, hija de Enrique, socio de Julius en una joyería y relojería que poseían en la madrileña Puerta del Sol), Margarita Nelken estudió en el Liceo Francés, y desde muy joven mostró interés por el arte (pintura, dibujo, música), que estu- dió en París. Su interés por esta faceta cultural le llevó a publicar artículos en revistas y diarios españoles y extranjeros (la británica The Studio, la francesa Le Mercure de France, las españolas Blanco y Negro, Renovación Española, Hermes, La Esfera, El Sol…), ejercer de crítica de arte, exponer y pronunciar conferencias en diversos museos (Louvre, Prado, Romántico…) y en el Ateneo de Madrid y a relacionarse con la intelectualidad española (S. Ramón y Cajal, B. Pérez Galdós, I. Zuloaga, M. de Falla…), así como, más adelante, a formar parte del Patronato del Museo de Arte Moderno de Madrid3. Su faceta de escritora interesada en asuntos sociales y políticos se manifestó muy pronto: en 1919 publicó el libro La condición social de la mujer en España. Su estado actual: su posible desarrollo (pocos años después, en 1923, publicó las novelas La trampa del arenal, posiblemente autobiográfica, y La aventura de Roma, ilus- trada y de temática burguesa, en la que narra el encuentro casual en esa ciudad entre un pintor español y una turista norteamericana). Destacable es su forma- ción cosmopolita: a los 25 años había vivido, entre otros países, en Francia, Alemania, Bélgica e Italia, lo que le permitió hablar idiomas como el francés, el alemán y el italiano, nada frecuente para la época, ni siquiera entre quienes serían sus compañeros parlamentarios (es reseñable que fue la primera traduc- tora de Kafka al castellano)4. Ese interés por los asuntos sociales le llevó en 1918 a establecer en Madrid un orfanato para niños tenidos fuera del matrimonio (ilegítimos en la terminología de la época)5 y para asistir a los de madres trabajadoras (La Casa de los Niños de España), el primer centro no religioso de estas carac- 3 De sus 16 miembros, entre los que figuraban I. Zuloaga, M. Benlliure, R. del Valle-Inclán y D. Vázquez Díaz, era la única mujer (Gaceta de Madrid -GM-, 28 de mayo de 1931). 4 Tuvo una hermana, Carmen Eva, conocida periodista, escritora y actriz, que firmaba con el seudónimo de Magda Donato (y también con el de Fémina). 5 “La maternidad, tan crucial a nivel privado, es el asunto más reiterado en la obra de Nelken anterior a la Guerra civil” (MARTÍNEZ, J.: Exiliadas. Escritoras, Guerra civil y memoria. Edic. de Intervención Cultural, Barcelona, 2007, p. 61). En 1926 publicó un folleto titulado Maternología y puericultura. Revista de Estudios Extremeños, 2013, Tomo LXIX - N.º III I.S.S.N.: 0210-2854 1914 PABLO VILLALAÍN GARCÍA terísticas6, que tuvo que cerrar en 1920 por la hostilidad de la Iglesia, hasta entonces monopolizadora de las actividades caritativas y paternalistas de asis- tencia social (esta experiencia coincidió temporalmente con la publicación de La condición social de la mujer en España, libro que la hizo popular y que la convirtió en una conocida y solicitada conferenciante, en la línea de un inci- piente movimiento feminista español)7. Más tarde, y ya durante la Dictadura de M. Primo de Rivera, “dio conferencias a los mineros de Asturias, lo que provo- có que el gobernador, Fuentes Pila, la expulsara de la provincia”8. Años antes 6 Era contraria a la intervención religiosa en temas educativos (MARTÍNEZ, J.: Las santas rojas, p. 214). Sobre la Iglesia, reproducimos una afirmación suya que, de una forma u otra, utilizará en las campañas electorales: “Es tópico corriente el decir que el cristianismo redimió a la mujer de la condición infamante en que la tenía el mundo pagano: basta con leer algunas de las diatribas de los Padres de la Iglesia contra el ser que consideraban como encarnación del mismísimo demonio, basta con recordar que la Iglesia discutió largamente en el Concilio de Macón (en 581) acerca de si las mujeres tenían alma o eran como las bestias” (La condición social de la mujer en España. Minerva, Barcelona, pp. 8-9). En su línea de oposición a la participación de las religiosas en actividades para las que carecían de preparación, es significativa su intervención en el Congreso de los Diputados con motivo de la discusión de la Ley de Confesiones y Congregaciones Religiosas: “La imposición de un hábito, el pronunciamiento de unos votos, podrán abrir el camino del cielo; no pueden dar, por desgracia, la ciencia infusa. Y si vamos a tratar de lo que han sido hasta hace muy poco las religiosas en las cárceles, entonces veremos que aquella crueldad de los hospitales [se refiere, por ejemplo, a que se despertaba a los enfermos para rezar] adquiriría aquí su grado máximo, porque tenían todavía menos sentido de responsabilidad que en los hospitales y en las clínicas” (Diario de Sesiones de las Cortes Constituyentes, n.º 302, 28 de febrero de 1933). Su participación en La Casa de los Niños sería utilizada como argumento por Victoria Kent a la hora de defender su admisión como diputada en noviembre de 1931. 7 En esta obra defendió el desayuno escolar, experiencia encabezada por Benita Asas Manterola en Madrid (miembro de la conservadora y católica, pero no confesional, Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Españolas, fue su presidenta a partir de 1924), siendo consciente de las dificultades que tenía para implantarse, ya que como “no se preocupa más que de impedir que haya niños que se sienten en la escuela con el estómago vacío, sin preocuparse si los padres de estos niños son católicos o ateos, conservadores o socialistas, no ha conseguido el incremento a que tiene derecho.
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