Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Marino, Katherine M., author.

Title Feminism for the Americas : the making of an international human rights movement / Katherine M. Marino.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  305.4209 MARINO    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.4209 MAR    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  305.4209 MARINO    Check Shelf
Description 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Gender and American culture
Gender & American culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-339) and index.
Contents Feminismo americano -- A new force in the history of the world -- The anti-imperialist origins of international women's rights -- Feminismo práctico -- The great feminist battle of Montevideo -- The birth of popular front Pan-American feminism -- United fronts for women's rights and for human rights -- Mobilizing women's rights as human rights -- The Latin American contribution to the constitution of the world -- History and human rights.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Luisi, Paulina.
Lutz, Bertha, 1894-1976.
Vergara, Marta.
Domínguez Navarro, Ofelia, 1894-1976.
González, Clara, 1900-1990.
Stevens, Doris, 1888-1963.
González, Clara, 1900-1990. (OCoLC)fst01933182
Luisi, Paulina. (OCoLC)fst00227707
Lutz, Bertha, 1894-1976. (OCoLC)fst01716652
Stevens, Doris, 1888-1963. (OCoLC)fst01720708
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.
Anti-imperialist movements. (OCoLC)fst00810343
Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
Feminism -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00922718
Women's rights. (OCoLC)fst01178818
Latin America. (OCoLC)fst01245945
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781469649696 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
1469649691 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
9781469649702 (electronic book)
-->
Add a Review