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3 unusual facts about Maria Martin


La Citoyenne

That same year, activist Maria Martin (1839-1910) launched Le Journal des femmes and on December 9, 1897, high-profile actress and journalist Marguerite Durand (1864-1936) continued the cause and opened another feminist newspaper called La Fronde.

Maria Martin

During this month long stay, Audubon encouraged Maria to assist with paintings for his Birds of North America book.

The U.S. Audubon Society named a variety of the Hairy Woodpecker (Picus martinae) Maria's Woodpecker, in honor of her.


Matilde de Godoy di Bassano, 4th Countess of Castillo Fiel

In 1853 she married 1st with Don Felix Martín y Romero, Superior Chief of Civil Administration, Commander of the Order of Charles III, Secretary of HCM with exercise of Decrees, and had an only daughter: María Martín-Romero y Godoy di Bassano.


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