- Description
- 1 online resource (354 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- "... reveals the story of six dynamic women who drove Pan-American feminism from the 1920s-1940s: Uruguayan Paulina Luisi, Brazilian Bertha Lutz, Chilean Marta Vergara, Cuban Ofelia Dominguez Navarro, Panamanian Clara Gonzalez, and U.S. citizen Doris Stevens. The deep friendships and intense rivalries among these women during an era marked by imperialism, racism, and fascism gave rise to a feminism sensitive to multiple forms of oppression. This advocacy sped changes for women throughout the Americas--suffrage, equal nationality rights, rights to hold public office, equal pay for equal work, and maternity legislation. But just as importantly, these six leaders were forerunners in understanding the complexity of power relations in international affairs, and they used their expertise to not only shape the trajectory of international women's rights but include human rights as defined and established in the United Nations Charter"--
- Series Statement
- Gender and American culture
- Uniform Title
- Feminism for the Americas (Online)
- Gender & American culture.
- Alternative Title
- Feminism for the Americas (Online)
- Subject
- Luisi, Paulina
- Lutz, Bertha, 1894-1976
- Vergara, Marta
- Domínguez Navarro, Ofelia, 1894-1976
- González, Clara, 1900-1990
- Stevens, Doris, 1888-1963
- Feminism > Latin America > History > 20th century
- Feminism > United States > History > 20th century
- Feminism > Social aspects > Latin America
- Feminism > Social aspects > United States
- Women's rights > Latin America
- Women's rights > United States
- Anti-imperialist movements > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-339) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2018031111
- OCLC
- ssj0002107930
- Author
Marino, Katherine M.
- Title
Feminism for the Americas [electronic resource] : the making of an international human rights movement / Katherine M. Marino.
- Imprint
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
- Series
Gender and American culture
Gender & American culture.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-339) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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