Ignacia Oramas, originally from Tenerife, and María del Castillo Francochi from Fuerteventura, were the pioneering educators to obtain teaching qualifications in the Canary Islands during the 1863-1864 academic year at the Normal School of Teachers of La Laguna. Their curriculum notably omitted subjects such as geometry and natural history in favour of “Own sex work” and a few “Basic concepts of hygiene”.
