The role played by socialist women in international organizations in the Thirties
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https://doi.org/10.3989/hispania.2018.009Keywords:
ILO, IFTU, women’s work, Claudina García, Regina García, international feminismAbstract
The article analyses the role played by women in the Spanish Socialist Union, UGT in international organizations (ILO, League of Nations, IFTU) during the interwar period, and in particular the years of the Second Spanish Republic. We explain the stances defended by female representatives of UGT in these forums. The work is based on documents taken from the Archive of the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam and the documentation produced by the Spanish Socialist Party, PSOE, and UGT during that time. Socialist women’s participation in these international forums during the Republic is defined by two conflicting stances on the debate about women’s role in the labour market: a majority upheld a protectionist position, while feminist groups defended the equality between women and men in all areas. Owing to a gendered model of domesticity and their qualifications, these Spanish women could make only a limited contribution to the international debate. Claudina García, Isabel de Palencia and Regina García, the most notable Spanish Socialist women in the LN, ILO and IFTU, advocated differing positions in these debates.
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