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Record Nr.

UNINA9910836876703321

Autore

Guy Donna J

Titolo

Women build the welfare state : performing charity and creating rights in Argentina, 1880-1955 / / Donna J. Guy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2009

[s.l.] : , : Duke University Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-4780-9077-4

9786613022943

0-8223-4330-4

1-283-02294-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

361.6/50982

361.650982

Soggetti

Women in charitable work - Argentina

Women philanthropists - Argentina

Feminists - Argentina

Welfare state - Argentina

Women - Political activity - Argentina

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Female philanthropy and feminism before the welfare state: family law, and the politics of names -- Benevolence and female volunteerism -- Performing child welfare : philanthropy and feminism from the damas to Eva PeroĢn -- Juvenile delinquency, patriarchy, and female philanthropy -- The depression and the rise of the welfare state -- At the crossroads of change : Peronism, the welfare state, and the decline of non-Peronist female authority.

Sommario/riassunto

An historical account of the significant roles of feminists and female philanthropists in the emergence of the Argentine welfare state between 1880 and 1955.