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Undemocratic Legacies: First‐Wave Feminism and the S omocista Women's Movement in N icaragua, 1920s–1979
Author(s) -
GONZÁLEZRIVERA VICTORIA
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.12102
Subject(s) - feminism , suffrage , clientelism , politics , gender studies , movement (music) , political science , democracy , sociology , political economy , law , philosophy , aesthetics
The most important pre‐1979 women's movements in Nicaragua were first‐wave feminism and the right‐wing Somocista women's movement. I argue that it is useful to examine these two movements jointly in order to assess their legacy with regard to struggles over the relationship between women's organisations and political parties, age/generational differences, electoral democracy versus clientelism, and class and leadership. I conclude that while the pre‐1979 women's movements brought about women's suffrage and increased opportunities for some women, their collective legacy was, in some fundamental ways, undemocratic.