Amanda Labarca and the first feminist institutions in Chile (1910–1922)

• Autor(a) principal: Ramos-Vera, José
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Arre-Marfull, Montserrat, Salas, Gonzalo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Estudos Feministas
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/80208
• topic: Amanda Labarca; instituições feministas; Círculo de Lectura; história das mulheres; Chile; Amanda Labarca; instituciones feministas; Círculo de Lectura; historia de las mujeres; Chile; Amanda Labarca; feminist institutions; Círculo de Lectura; women’s history; Chile

Chile underwent profound social changes at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. In this context, women began to organize themselves in public spaces to improve their living conditions in different spheres. This article analyses the contribution of Amanda Labarca to theorganization of the first feminist institutions in Chile (1910-1922). It looks at this from a cultural-historicalperspective to understand the implications that such women’s organizations had on the country’sprogress at the time, drawing on both primary and secondary sources of evidence. The findings showthat Labarca played a leading role in the then incipient Chilean feminist movement, as materializedby her leadership in the creation of the Círculo de Lectura in 1915. She also played an active role in various women’s groups that evolved into academic, cultural, and political organizations that were consolidated between 1930-1950