Feminism for the Americas : the making of an international human rights movement

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Label

Feminism for the Americas : the making of an international human rights movement

Title remainder

the making of an international human rights movement

Statement of responsibility

Katherine M. Marino

Creator

• Marino, Katherine M

Author

• Marino, Katherine M

Subject

• 1900-1999
• 71.38 social movements
• 71.38 social movements
• Anti-imperialist movements
• Anti-imperialist movements
• Anti-imperialist movements -- History -- 20th century
• Domínguez Navarro, Ofelia, 1894-1976
• Feminism
• Feminism
• Feminism -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century
• Feminism -- Social aspects
• Feminism -- Social aspects
• Feminism -- Social aspects -- Latin America
• Feminism -- Social aspects -- United States
• Feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• González, Clara, 1900-1990
• González, Clara, 1900-1990
• González, Clara, 1900-1990
• History
• History
• Latin America
• Latin America
• Latin America
• Latin America
• Latin America
• Luisi, Paulina
• Luisi, Paulina
• Luisi, Paulina
• Lutz, Bertha, 1894-1976
• Lutz, Bertha, 1894-1976
• Lutz, Bertha, 1894-1976
• Stevens, Doris, 1888-1963
• Stevens, Doris, 1888-1963
• Stevens, Doris, 1888-1963
• United States
• 15.85 history of America
• United States
• United States
• United States
• Vergara, Marta
• Women's rights
• Women's rights
• Women's rights -- Latin America
• Women's rights -- United States
• United States
• 15.85 history of America

Genre

• History

Language

eng

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"--

Member of

• Gender & American culture

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

NcU/DLC

Dewey number

305.42098/0904

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HQ1460.5

LC item number

.M35 2019

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Gender and American culture