Word: pasionaria
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...confused with the Spanish Civil War's La Pasionaria, last reported in southern Russia's Tbilisi undergoing treatment for a kidney ailment...
Dolores Ibarruri, called "La Pasionaria," born the daughter of a coalminer, worked as a washerwoman. She won her nickname for her fiery speeches during Spain's civil war (sample: "Women of Madrid! Do not hinder your husbands from going to war. It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a miserable coward"). She is now secretary general of what's left of the Spanish Communist Party...