Claim: Carmen de Burgos, a Spanish journalist, writer, translator and women's rights activist, enrolled at the local college to obtain a teaching certificate after her infant son died and was able to teach primary within a year.
Evidence: Carmen de Burgos y Seguí (pseudonyms, Colombine, Gabriel Luna, Perico el de los Palotes, Raquel, Honorine and Marianela; December 10, 1867 – October 9, 1932) was a Spanish journalist, writer, translator and women's rights activist. In 1898 her infant son died and she enrolled at the local college to obtain a teaching certificate. She quickly advanced, and within a year she was qualified to teach primary.