Born in 1936 in El Vendrell, Trayner stood out for her tireless fight for the rights of women and the most disadvantaged classes. Her academic background was robust: she held a doctorate in Anthropology and degrees in Theology and Psychology, knowledge she used to advocate for women's education and dignity.
Social commitment and theological feminism [were] the central axes of a vital trajectory that spanned the dictatorship, the transition, working-class neighborhoods, Latin America, and the sharpest debates of the contemporary Church.
Her work was widely recognized. In 1999, the El Vendrell City Council awarded her the Teresina Martorell Prize, given to women who have excelled in their work for society. Subsequently, in 2016, she received the Iglesia Plural – Mossèn Vidal i Aunós Prize.
Despite her age, Maria Pau Trayner maintained her human rights activism until the very end. Her last known public act was last May, where she participated in a talk at Comisiones Obreras about the anti-Franco struggle within the Church. She also served as a nurse for the religious community in Olesa.
