María de Maeztu: esilio e (non) ritorno

María de Maeztu is a figure of central importance in the evolution of Spanish culture of the early 1900s. A woman with a huge culture, a feminist, a pedagogue, an enthusiast of the Republic, a cultural promoter, but also a conservative Catholic, a monarchist, an elitist. More than the evolution of a thought and a personality, all these characteristics represent the complexity of a character who embodies the contradictions of one of the most complex and painful times in the history of Spain. With this essay we try to highlight some possible developments in her thought starting above all from the only three books she has published. In an attempt to give the right attention to a character that is still poorly studied and mostly misunderstood.