Right-Wing Women in Chile - Feminine Power and the Struggle Against Allende, 1964–1973

About the author

Margaret Power is Assistant Professor of History in the Lewis Department of Humanities at Armour College of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

Summary

This is the story of the formation of Feminine Power, an organization formed in the wake of a five thousand strong female protest against Allende's popular unity government in 1971. It looks at these right-wing women, their motives and tactics and their impact on Chilean politics.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Power, Margaret (Illinois Institute of Technology) Power
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2002
• EAN: 9780271021959
• ISBN: 978-0-271-02195-9
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 513 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Chile, Political Ideologies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, HISTORY / Women, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Political activism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women and girls, Political ideologies and movements, Political activism / Political engagement