María Ángeles Durán Heras (born 30 November 1942) is a Spanish sociologist best known for being a pioneer in research on unpaid work, the social situation of women and their social and work environment, health economics, and inequality in the use of time. She was the first woman to attain a chair of sociology in Spain, in 1982. She was one of the first researchers in her field who carried out works with a feminist perspective in the Spanish academic world. In 1979, she was the founder and director of the of the Autonomous University of Madrid, the first university institute for women's studies created in Spain. In 2002 she received the in Economic and Legal Sciences. Retired in 2012, she is currently active at the of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) as an ''ad honorem'' researcher.
Provided by Wikipedia
María Ángeles Durán Heras (born 30 November 1942) is a Spanish sociologist best known for being a pioneer in research on unpaid work, the social situation of women and their social and work environment, health economics, and inequality in the use of time. She was the first woman to attain a chair of sociology in Spain, in 1982. She was one of the first researchers in her field who carried out works with a feminist perspective in the Spanish academic world. In 1979, she was the founder and director of the of the Autonomous University of Madrid, the first university institute for women's studies created in Spain. In 2002 she received the in Economic and Legal Sciences. Retired in 2012, she is currently active at the of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) as an ''ad honorem'' researcher.
Provided by Wikipedia
