ISBN:
0822381680
,
0822311496
,
0822311313
,
9780822381686
,
9780822311492
,
9780822311317
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (xi, 242 p)
,
ill
,
23 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Paralleltitel:
Print version From the House to the Streets : The Cuban Woman's Movement for Legal Reform, 1898-1940
DDC:
305.42/097291
Schlagwort(e):
Feminism History
;
Women's rights History
;
Women Legal status, laws, etc
;
History
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
From the House to the Streets is the first study on feminists and the feminist movement in Cuba between 1902 and 1940. In the four decades following its independence form Spain in 1898, Cuba adopted the most progressive legislation for women in the western hemisphere. K. Lynn Stoner explains how a small group of women and men helped to shape broad legal reforms: she describes their campaigns, the version of feminism they adopted with all its contradictions, and contrasts it to the model of feminism North Americans were transporting to Cuba.Stoner draws on rich primary sources-texts, personal l
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 Breaking the Mold; 2 Statecraft and Women's Rights, 1902-1918; 3 Feminist Congresses and Organizations; 4 A Prosopography of the Feminist Leadership; 5 The Feminist Journalists; 6 Women's Suffrage and the Question of Democracy; 7 Feminism and Social Motherhood; 8 Legislating Morality; 9 Fields, Factories, and Feminists; 10 Blacks, Whites, and Women: The Equal Rights Law; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822381686
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822381686
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