Why Women Protest: Women's Movements in Chile

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
Contents......Page 11
Table......Page 13
Preface......Page 15
Acknowledgments......Page 17
1 Why Women Protest......Page 21
Tipping......Page 25
Timing......Page 27
The Chilean Institutional Context......Page 29
Framing......Page 30
Women’s Movements and Women’s Interests......Page 32
Conclusion......Page 36
Overview of the Book......Page 38
Realignment and the Rise of the Women’s Suffrage Movement......Page 41
María de la Cruz: The Chilean Evita?......Page 47
The Cuban Revolution and Women in the Sixties......Page 52
The Catholic Church and Vatican II......Page 54
The Fear Campaign and the 1964 Presidential Election......Page 55
President Frei and the Revolution in Liberty......Page 58
The Student Movement and Youth Culture......Page 62
Conclusion......Page 64
PART ONE Women Against Allende......Page 67
3 The Revolution Hits Home......Page 69
The 1970 Presidential Election......Page 70
Women Respond to Allende’s Election......Page 77
Allende’s First Year in Office......Page 82
Agrarian Reform......Page 84
The Shortages......Page 85
The Opposition Organizes......Page 86
Women in the Opposition Media......Page 90
Toward a Unified Opposition......Page 93
Conclusion......Page 94
4 Catapulting Men to Action......Page 96
The March of the Empty Pots......Page 97
The Government Reacts......Page 102
The Opposition Unites......Page 103
Feminine Power......Page 107
The Battle for the Women......Page 109
Mothers of the Nation......Page 112
The Catholic Church: A Missing Frame......Page 114
Women Outside Male Politics......Page 115
Conclusion......Page 116
5 “Feminine Power” and the End of The Socialist Revolution......Page 118
The Allende Government Responds to Feminine Power......Page 119
The Opposition Sustains Women’s Power......Page 122
The October Strike......Page 124
The 1973 Congressional Elections......Page 127
Women and Educational Reform......Page 129
Wife Power: The Coppermine Strike......Page 130
Wife Power: The Military Wives......Page 131
Women Call for Allende’s Resignation......Page 133
Women and the Military Government......Page 134
Conclusion......Page 140
PART TWO Women Against Pinochet......Page 143
6 Gendered Networks and the Rebirth of Civil Society......Page 145
Gendered Repression......Page 147
Women’s Defense of Human Rights......Page 149
Feminism......Page 154
Women’s Organizing in the Shantytowns......Page 156
International Dimensions of Chilean Feminism......Page 160
Conclusion......Page 164
7 Women Defend Life......Page 166
The Return of the Empty Pots......Page 167
Popular Protest and Coalition Conflict......Page 172
Engendering the Opposition......Page 174
“Democracy in the Country and in the Home”......Page 181
Popular Feminism......Page 184
Conclusion......Page 186
8 Democracy in the Country and in the Home......Page 188
The Democratic Transition and a Partial Realignment (1987–1989)......Page 189
Victory for the Opposition......Page 190
The Coalition of Women for Democracy......Page 195
“A Space in the State”......Page 200
The Struggle to Maintain the Women’s Movement......Page 203
A Feminist in Congress......Page 204
Institucionales and Autónomas......Page 208
Coalition Politics and the Women’s Movement......Page 211
Conclusion......Page 214
9 Why Women Protest......Page 216
Brazil......Page 219
Russia......Page 221
East Germany......Page 224
Conclusion......Page 226
References......Page 229
Index......Page 247