The International Institute: progressive education in the...

The International Institute of Madrid has recently celebrated the 125th anniversary of its incorporation in Massachusetts, "for the purpose of establishing and maintaining an institution for the education of girls in Spain." The Institute's history reflects the development of feminism and progressive education both in the US, where its founders and teachers emerged from the women's universities, and in Spain, where the Institución libre de enseñanza and its offshoots proved to be key collaborators. We speak with the current director of the International Institute in Madrid, Pilar Piñón.