Abstract

RAMIREZ CHICHARRO, Manuel. For the Welfare of Others. Feminism, Education and Welfare in Mexico and Cuba, 1934-1946. Estud. hist. mod. contemp. Mex [online]. 2021, n.62, pp.183-213.  Epub May 16, 2022. ISSN 0185-2620.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iih.24485004e.2021.62.76783.

In the context of the democratization projects in Cuba and Mexico throughout the 1930s and 1940s, feminists acted as important agents of change, sometimes within the framework of national modernization projects of the political power, and sometimes by intervening with their own programs. This article aims to deepen the relationships between feminism, education, and welfare by comparing the themes of the conferences and demands of the progressive feminist leagues of both countries, concluding that their diagnoses and proposals were similar despite operating under different legal frameworks and along connected yet disparate historical processes.

Keywords : feminism; social assistance; education; Mexico; Cuba.