Maixux Rekalde Urdanpilleta (4 July 1934 – 6 January 2022)[1] was a Spanish pacifist and Basque supporter. She served as President of Elkarri (Elkarri was a pacifist social movement that operated in the Basque Country and Navarra) and Lokarri [es] (A Basque word meaning "what serves to unite", Lokarri was a pacifist social movement).[2][3]

Biography

Rekalde was born in Oiartzun, Gipuzkoa. While she had a master's degree in journalism and business administration studies, she worked for society all her life,[4] including as a secular missionary for ten years in Chile, and teaching and training women in Los Ríos Province,[3] Ecuador. During her stay in Chile, she experienced Augusto Pinochet's 1973 coup d'état, returning home three months later.[3] Back in the Basque Country, she worked in the press office of the diocese of Gipuzkoa when José María Setién was auxiliary bishop,[3] and in various voluntary capacities.[2] An active pacifist, she was one of the founders of the Elkarri social movement. She later served as president of the Elkarri and Lokarri movements.[3]

Rekalde was also one of the first columnists of the monthly magazine, Oarsoaldean [eu] (On the other hand).[5] Fluent in French, she also studied English for a year in London.[3]

She spent her last years in the Petra Lekuona Center in Oiartzu, suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[6] The Language Observatory recorded Rekalde's testimony on video.[5]

Single and childless, Maixux Rekalde died 6 January 2022.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Maixux Rekalde Urdanpilleta". Noticias de Gipuzkoa [es] (in Spanish). 7 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Lartzanguren, Edu (6 January 2022). "Maixux Rekalde, bakezale nekaezina". Berria (in Basque). Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Maixux Rekalde Urdanpilleta zendu da, bizitzarekin konpromezu tinkoa hartu zuen oiartzuarra". El Diario Vasco (in Basque). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  4. ^ Koska, Susana (22 November 2017). Mujeres en pie de guerra: Memorias de nosotras (in Spanish). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial España. ISBN 9788490698969. OCLC 1282173729.
  5. ^ a b Erik, Gartzia(e)ko (7 January 2022). "Maixux Rekalde Urdanpilleta bakezale eta euskaltzalea hil da". Oarsoaldeko Hitza (in Basque). Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  6. ^ Iraola, Arantxa (21 April 2019). "Maixus Rekalde. Planifikatuta utzi zuen: egoitza batera". Berria (in Basque). Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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