towards "modern" politics: socialist and republican women in bilbao (1904-1910)

This article pays tribute to Professors Juan Pablo Fusi and Octavio Ruiz-Manjón by taking as its starting point two of their early works: Política obrera en el País Vasco (1880-1923) y El Partido Republicano Radical: 1908-1936 respectively. This article draws heavily on both pioneering studies to analyse the incorporation of women into the Socialist Workers’ Party and the Radical Republican Party in early 20th century Bilbao. The article maintains that bringing women into the political arena was an integral part of the contested modernization of the two parties.