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Book SynopsisA Hemisphere of Women focuses on the first Pan American women's organization dealing specifically with women's civil and political rights in a transnational arena in the early twentieth century.
Trade Review“Important and quite timely. What a fabulous inquiry Wamsley has presented us! This single work contributes to many areas and is also significant as it examines a pertinent moment in history primarily from the Latin American perspective rather than the imperial American perspective.
A Hemisphere of Women is grounded in a wealth of archival resources and offers a strongly balanced perspective given the bilateral story Wamsley tells. This book is not only exceptionally well researched; it is beautifully written.”—Dana Cooper, author of
Informal Ambassadors: American Women, Transatlantic Marriages, and Anglo-American Relations, 1865–1945Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Constructing a Pan American Women’s Movement, 1915–28
2. The Founding of the IACW, 1928
3. Negotiating the Goals and Strategies of the IACW, 1928–30
4. The IACW in the International Arena, 1928–33
5. A Coup d’Etat in the IACW, 1934–39
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
