Mooney, Jadwiga E. Pieper.

The politics of motherhood : maternity and women's rights in twentieth-century Chile / Maternity and women's rights in twentieth-century Chile Jadwiga E. Pieper Mooney. - Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2009. - xiii, 301 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Pitt Latin American Series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-284) and index.

Public health, managed motherhood, and patriarchy in a modernizing nation -- Local agency, changed global paradigms, and the burden of motherhood -- Planning motherhood under Christian democracy -- Gendered citizenship rights on the peaceful road to socialism -- From mothers' rights to women's rights in a nation under siege -- International encounters and women's empowerment under dictatorship and redemocratization.

9780822960430 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0822960435 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Motherhood--Political aspects--Chile.
Women's rights--Chile.
Mothers--history--Chile.
Women's Rights--history--Chile.
Reproductive Rights--Chile.

HQ 1547 / M 818p 2009

305.420983