From the House to the Streets

by Stoner, K. Lynn

• ISBN13: 9780822311317
• ISBN10: 0822311313
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-05-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

From the House to the Streetsis 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 letters, journal essays, radio broadcasts, memoirs from womenrs"s congresses-which allow these women to speak in their own voices. In reconstructing thementaliteacute;of Cuban feminists, who came primarily from a privileged social status, Stoner shows how feminism drew from traditional notions of femininity and a rejection of gender equality to advance a cause that assumed womenrs"s expanded roles were necessary for social progress. She also examines the values of the progressive male politicians who supported feminists and worked to change Cuban laws.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. 1
Introduction	p. 9
Breaking the Mold	p. 13
Statecraft and Women's Rights 1902-1918	p. 34
Feminist Congresses And Organizations	p. 54
A Prosopography Of The Feminist Leadership	p. 78
The Feminist Journalists	p. 87
Women's Suffrage And The Question of Democracy	p. 108
Feminism and Social Motherhood	p. 127
Legislating Morality	p. 146
Fields, Factories, and Feminists	p. 167
Blacks, Whites, and Women The Equal Rights Law	p. 185
Conclusion	p. 193
Appendix	p. 197
Notes	p. 201
Bibliography	p. 221
Index	p. 239
About the Author	p. 243
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