Abstract

NORANDO, VERÓNICA. Leftist Movements, Gender, and the Argentinean Textile Industry. The Position of the Communist and Socialist Parties vis-à-vis the Claims of Female Workers, 1936-1946. Anu. colomb. hist. soc. cult. [online]. 2017, vol.44, n.2, pp.87-109. ISSN 0120-2456.  https://doi.org/10.15446/achsc.v44n2.64016.

The article addresses the incorporation of gender demands into the claims of female textile workers in Argentina, as well as the positions assumed in that respect by the Socialist Party and the Communist Party, through the analysis of three case studies: two textile worker strikes and the claim for the reform of the Maternity Insurance Law. The objective is to study the relationships of these parties with the claims of female workers from a perspective that links gender and class relations, on the basis of both worker and State sources. One of the fundamental conclusions of this study is that the Socialist and Communist Parties played an active role in transforming those claims into concrete realizations

Keywords : (Author) Argentina; female textile workers; (Thesaurus) communism; gender; labor law; political party; socialism.

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