Acknowledgements | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 3 |
Women's History in Puerto Rican Historiography: The Last Thirty Years | p. 9 |
Puerto Rican Women Workers in the Twentieth Century: A Historical Appraisal of the Literature | p. 38 |
"Quien trabajara?": Domestic Workers, Urban Slaves, and the Abolition of Slavery in Puerto Rico | p. 62 |
Virgins, Whores, and Martyrs: Prostitution in the Colony, 1898-1919 | p. 83 |
Gender and the Decomposition of the Cigar-Making Craft in Puerto Rico, 1899-1934 | p. 105 |
Halfhearted Solidarity: Women Workers and the Women's Suffrage Movement in Puerto Rico During the 1920s | p. 126 |
Literacy, Class, and Sexuality in the Debate on Women's Suffrage in Puerto Rico During the 1920s | p. 143 |
Rufa Concepcion Fernandez: The Role of Gender in the Migration Process | p. 171 |
Gender, Work, and Institutional Change in the Early Stage of Industrialization: The Case of the Women's Bureau and the Home Needlework Industry in Puerto Rico, 1940-1952 | p. 181 |
Labor Migrants or Submissive Wives: Competing Narratives of Puerto Rican Women in the Post-World War II Era | p. 206 |
Political Empowerment of Puerto Rican Women, 1952-1956 | p. 227 |
Index | p. 253 |
About the Editors and Contributors | p. 261 |
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