Catalina García González
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Catalina García González | |
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| Born | 1888 |
| Died | 1959 (aged 70–71) Puebla de Lillo, Castile and León, Spain |
| Occupation | Bus driver |
| Years active | 1925–1958 |
| Known for | First Spanish woman to obtain a driving licence |
| Children | 6 |
Catalina García González (1888–1959) was a Spanish woman who was the first woman in Spain to obtain a driving licence in 1925, as well as the country's first female bus driver. She went on to establish the first bus line between Cofiñal and Boñar, which she had initially established in 1908 using a horse-drawn carriage.[1][2]
García González was born in 1888 in Puebla de Lillo, León. She was the youngest of four children born to Baltasar García, a civil guard from Rioseco de Tapia, and Juliana González, a housewife from Puebla de Lillo.[3]
In 1902, at the age of 14, García González began working for her family, using a horse to unload shipments of trout to be transported from La Robla to Madrid. In 1925, García González became the first woman in Spain to obtain a driving licence. At that time, women required permission from their husbands, as well as a certificate of good conduct from the mayor of their town of residence, in order to request a licence, following a royal decree issued in 1918.[1][2][3]
García González was the mother of six children and ran an inn, Casa Catalina, which primarily accommodated workers from the San Andrés talc mines, where her husband also worked. She died in 1959.[1][2][3]