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Robés Massés, Raquel
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Dra. Raquel Robés Massés and Ruth Robés de Rangel were Cuban educators in the pre-Revolutionary period. Ruth Robés de Rangel served as sub-director of the Cuban Department of Education in 1956.
Dra. Raquel Robés Massés was the librarian for the Lyceum y Lawn Tennis Club in Havana. She graduated from the School of Pedagogy at the University of Havana and from the two courses in librarianship offered by the Cuban Library Association. On March 24th, 1944, the Lyceum’s Children’s Library opened, where Raquel Robés also served as librarian. Ruth Robés presented commentary on Brave New World by A. Huxley at the Lyceum y Lawn Tennis Club on April 23, 1937, and published two Spanish-language learning books for children: “Había Una Vez” (1971) and “Había Una Vez, Segundo Libro” (1974). Starting in October 1941, she also worked with educator and writer Herminio Almendros to publish the children’s literature journal “Ronda,” which contained sections for children aimed at stimulating creativity and interest in learning. It circulated nationally through 1942. On November 28th, 1941, Ruth Robés spoke on Children's Day at Banda de la Casa de Beneficencia y Maternidad in Havana.
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Lyceum y Lawn Tennis Club. Memoria 1935-1936. n.d. MS Feminism in Cuba: Women's Movement in Cuba, 1898-1958: The Stoner Collection on Cuban Feminism. Unknown. Archives Unbound, link.gale.com/apps/doc/SC5100587368/GDSC?u=miami_richter&sid=GDSC&xid=777032a8&pg=2.
Lyceum y Lawn Tennis Club. Memoria 1943-1945. n.d. MS Feminism in Cuba: Women's Movement in Cuba, 1898-1958: The Stoner Collection on Cuban Feminism. Unknown. Archives Unbound, link.gale.com/apps/doc/SC5100588651/GDSC?u=miami_richter&sid=GDSC&xid=e5d8e7d9&pg=15.
Robés Masses, Ruth, and Herminio Almendros. Había Una Vez. La Habana: Instituto Cubano Del Libro, 1971. - https://miami-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/5pt3cj/01UOML_ALMA21218302150002976
Robés Masses, Ruth, and Herminio Almendros. Había Una Vez ... : Un Segundo Libro De Lectura. Bilbao, Sp: Cultural, 1974. - https://miami-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/5pt3cj/01UOML_ALMA21185841620002976
Ronda : La Revista De Los Niños. (1941). - https://miami-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/5pt3cj/01UOML_ALMA21230221770002976
Full text of "Veinte años de actividades del Historiador de la Ciudad de La Habana 1935-1955 vol III" (archive.org) - https://archive.org/stream/EmilioRDeLeuchsenringVeinteAnosDeActividadadesDelHistoriadorDeLaCiudadVol3/Emilio_R_de_Leuchsenring_-_Veinte_anos_de_actividadades_del_historiador_de_la_ciudad_vol_3_djvu.txt
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Biographical note written by Kate Villa, 2020-2021 UGrow Fellow for Manuscripts and Archives Management, and edited by Amanda Moreno, May 2021.