Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I Radical Women in Central America
6. CHRONOLOGY OF NICARAGUA 31
7. CHRONOLOGY OF EL SALVADOR 33
8. CHRONOLOGY OF GUATEMALA 37
9. 1 Somocista Women, Right-Wing Politics, and Feminism in Nicaragua, 1936–1979 41
10. 2 Women in the Armed Struggles in Nicaragua: Sandinistas and Contras Compared 79
11. 3 The Coalición Nacional de Mujeres: An Alliance of Left-Wing Women, Right-Wing Women, and Radical Feminists in Nicaragua 111
12. 4 Right- and Left-Wing Women in Post-Revolutionary El Salvador: Feminist Autonomy and Cross-Political Alliance Building for Gender Equality 133
13. 5 A Feminist Reconstruction of Parenthood Within Neoliberal Constraints: La Asociación de Madres Demandantes in El Salvador 165
14. 6 Gender Equality, Democratization, and the Revolutionary Left in Central America: Guatemala in Comparative Context 189
15. PART II Radical Women in South America
16. CHRONOLOGY OF ARGENTINA 213
17. CHRONOLOGY OF BRAZIL 215
18. CHRONOLOGY OF CHILE 219
19. 7 Spreading Right-Wing Patriotism, Femininity, and Morality: Women in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1900–1940 223
20. 8 Changing the System from Within? Feminist Participation in the Brazilian Workers’ Party 249
21. 9 Nonpartisanship as a Political Strategy: Women Left, Right, and Center in Chile 273
22. 10 Defending Dictatorship: Conservative Women in Pinochet’s Chile and the 1988 Plebiscite 299
23. Conclusion 325
24. CONTRIBUTORS 331
25. INDEX 333