Elisa García Sáez

Elisa García Sáez (1916-1936) was a trade unionist, radical feminist and anti-fascist who fought as a militiawoman in the Spanish Civil War.

Biography Elisa García Sáez was born in 1916, She was transferred to the Republican hospital at Sarinyena, where she died of her injuries,

Her obituary in Solidaridad Obrera declared:

Recognition

The deaths of the first militiawomen caused a stir on the Republican side. The news about the death of Elisa García was collected in the newspaper ABC, which published the final words that Elisa wrote in a letter to her mother, Teresa:

A street in Sant Andreu, Carrer de les Monges, was renamed in her honour by the Republicans, but following the fall of Catalonia in 1939, its name was reverted to its original form by the Nationalists.

In October 2018, a garden named after her was inaugurated in Carrer del Cinca, in her home neighbourhood of Sant Andreu de Palomar.