The Intellectual Legacy of Carmen Aldecoa: From Press Contributions to a Compilation of Her Writings (Santander-New York, 1936-1957)

[EN] This paper explores the contributions of Carmen Aldecoa, scientist and professor of Natural History, whose academic and professional trajectory took shape in Madrid and Santander during the 1920s and 1930s. Firmly aligned with republican values, she voiced her political stance at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, publishing in the Cantabrian newspaper El Diario Montañés and the internationally recognised España Libre (New York–Toulouse). Forced to flee Spain, she crossed the Atlantic and settled in the United States in 1940 where she taught Spanish at a university. Her articles, essays, and lectures were compiled into the book, Del sentir y pensar. However, to this day, both her intellectual legacy and much of her social and political engagement remain largely unknown. This article analyses part of that legacy with the aim of shedding light on the intellectual and political imaginary of this scientist and humanist, who returned to Spain at the end of the 1960s