Every attempt to let the voices of the invisible men and women be heard, to gain true form, to dissolve the silence, the oblivion, or the distortion of those who fought, is not an excavation of the past but a tool and inspiration for the overturning of the authoritative monologue.

Thus, a primary goal of this publication is to illuminate the history of Mujeres Libres (Free Women) through their own narratives, to outline how they were born as an organization, their goals and vision, making their contribution to the anarchist movement and the rebel Spain of '36 more visible and tangible.

This book, which unfolds the thread of women's presence and revolutionary action in 1930s Spain, also manages to catch other threads; it connects both in narrative and in our thoughts the figures and struggles of the anarchist flowering of the Iberian Peninsula, and once again with a gesture, it extends its hand to us in the continuation of struggles.

The consistent presence, the commitment to the struggle for anarchism and libertarian communism 82 years later, from women and men in various parts of the planet, constitutes the most eloquent response to Lucía Sáornil's final question: "But is it true that hope has died?"