Nacida en Torrejón de Ardoz, Ángeles García-Madrid se crio en Madrid. Hija de un ferroviario, ya a los dieciséis años comenzó a colaborar con el Círculo Socialista, afiliándose al PSOE.
Born in Torrejón de Ardoz, Ángeles García-Madrid grew up in the Pacífico district of Madrid. The daughter of a railway worker, she began collaborating with the Socialist Circle at the age of sixteen and became a member of the PSOE.
Maria Salvo was the Secretary of Propaganda for the Barcelona Committee of the Unified Socialist Youth of Catalonia (Joventuts Socialistes Unificades de Catalunya, JSUC) during the Spanish Civil War.