Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Restoring Women to History

by Marysa Navarro, Virginia Sánchez Korrol

"These four volumes in this major series... provide a single-source reference to the status of the field of women's history and to ways that the field can be expanded.... A basic set for all academic libraries." — Library Journal Academic Newswire

Examining the role of women and gender ideology during the pre-contact and colonial periods in Latin America, Navarro looks at early indigenous societies as well as the Spanish and the Portuguese who claimed the
"New World." Sánchez Korrol considers the shifts in women's roles between the 1880s and 1930s and accompanying societal transformations.

200 pages, Paperback

First published June 28, 1999

About the author

Marysa Navarro was born in Pamplona, Spain, in 1934, and her early life was shaped by the Spanish Civil War and her family’s exile. After studying in Uruguay and earning her PhD at Columbia University, she joined Dartmouth College in 1968, where she championed coeducation and founded both the Women’s Studies Program and the Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Program.

Originally trained as a political historian, she became a pioneering scholar of women and gender in Latin America, publishing influential works, including the landmark biography of Eva Perón (1981/1982), still considered the definitive account. Throughout her career she held leadership roles in major academic associations, received prestigious awards such as LASA’s Kalman Silvert Award, and was honored with a doctorate honoris causa from the Public University of Navarre.

Recognized as a cosmopolitan, antifascist, and charismatic intellectual, Marysa left a lasting impact on both scholarship and feminist activism.

Reviews

[Lisa]

This is a quick read—general overview of the Americas below the US with an eye to women. At least a 3rd of the book is the general intro-approach regarding how to study women’s history. It’s a good primer for those who may not have before. The best chapter is on the pre-Conquest world. After that it mostly just focuses on women as political actors and feminists rather than their whole lives.

[Berenice Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Academic read.