Editing Federica Montseny (section)

==Early life==
Frederica Montseny i Mañé was born on 12 February 1905 in Madrid, Spain.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Soriano Jiménez |first=Ignacio C. |year=2016 |title=Semblanza de Federica Montseny i Mañé |location=[[Alicante]]|publisher=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes |url=https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra/federica-montseny-i-mane-madrid-1905---toulouse-1994-semblanza/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |language=es|pages=1–4}}</ref> She was the sole surviving child of [[Joan Montseny]] and [[Teresa Mañé]], both teachers and anarchists of Catalan extraction. They lived in Madrid because the [[1896 Barcelona Corpus Christi procession bombing]] had led to her father being imprisoned and then exiled. The couple returned to Spain secretly and settled in the capital. From 1898, her parents jointly edited the fortnightly journal ''[[La Revista Blanca]]'', one of the most significant anarchist publications of the time. The family put its savings into a house on the outskirts of Madrid. The developer that built the house threatened to sue her father when the latter accused him of stealing from the poor by taking money for houses that were never built. This forced the family to leave and spend the next years moving frequently and surviving occasional writing and farming. During Montseny's childhood, the [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Civil Guard]] would frequently visit the family home searching for her father. She would let them in as slowly as possible in order to give him time to hide.{{Sfnm|1a1=Davies|1y=1998|1pp=137&ndash;138|2a1=Fredericks|2y=1976|2p=72}}

Montseny was educated at home by her parents. After Montseny acquired basic reading and writing skills, her mother used [[Progressive education|progressive]] didactic methods to foster Montseny's curiosity, providing her with a wide range of reading material in order to encourage her to pursue her own intellectual interests. Montseny became acquainted with literature as well as social and political theory. She also credits the rural environment she grew up in with shaping her intellectual development. Throughout her life, she would return to nature when grappling with social questions.{{Sfnm|1a1=Davies|1y=1998|1pp=138&ndash;139|2a1=Fredericks|2y=1976|2p=72}}