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Author Ehrick, Christine, 1967-

Title The shield of the weak : feminism and the State in Uruguay, 1903-1933 / Christine Ehrick
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 282 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: Women and politics in "The Model Country" -- Prologue: The nineteenth-century roots of Batllismo and feminismo -- The first feminisms : state building and women's organizing, 1880s-1915 -- Batllista ideology and policy : gender, class, and the politics of compensation, 1910-1933 -- Women and the "National Family" : education, social assistance, and the State -- Liberal feminism, 1916-1932 -- The Catholic Ladies' League after Batlle, 1916-1932 -- Socialists and communists, 1916-1932 -- Conclusion
Summary A timely study of women's social advancement in Uruguay during a period of unprecented political reform early in the twentieth century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-274) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Women -- Political activity -- Uruguay -- History
Feminism -- Uruguay -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Feminism
Women -- Political activity
Uruguay
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826334701
0826334709
128363533X
9781283635332
6613947784
9786613947789