Talk – Woman, African American and US diplomat

Talk – Seminar ‘Spies in the Atlantic: Woman, African American and US diplomat’ at the León y Castillo House-Museum, Telde, Gran Canaria.

During World War II, the Canary Islands were a strategic center for activities
of espionage, sabotage plans, counterintelligence operations and observation networks. Through
a journey that combines historical context and biographies of real agents, the series discovers how
the islands, strategically located in the Atlantic, became the scene of secret opera-
tions between the great powers of the conflict.

This fourth and final session titled Woman, African American and US diplomat: Lillie Mae
Hubbard and her (in)visible work in the Canary Islands (1939-1945) is dedicated to Lillie Mae Hubbard, an exceptional
figure in the history of World War II in the Canary Islands. A woman, African American and US diplomat at a time and in an environment where her triple condition was a complete rarity, Hubbard played a crucial role in the collection and transmission of strategic information during the most critical years of the conflict from her position at the United States Consulate in Las Palmas.

Directed and presented by: Marta García Cabrera, PhD in History from the University of Las Palmas de
Gran Canaria and the University of La Laguna

Free admission until full capacity.