Women, Feminism, and Social Change in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, 1890-1940

by Asunción Lavrin

Book Overview

Feminists in the Southern Cone countries--Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay--between 1910 and 1930 obliged political leaders to consider gender in labor regulation, civil codes, public health programs, and politics. Feminism thus became a factor in the modernization of these geographically linked but diverse societies in Latin America. Although feminists did not present a unified front in the discussion of divorce, reproductive rights, and public-health...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803279736
• ISBN13: 9780803279735
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 491 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"