Ehrick Christine  1967 <br/><br/>
The shield of the weak :  feminism and the State in Uruguay, 1903-1933 / 
Christine Ehrick. 
 - Albuquerque :  University of New Mexico Press,  c2005. 
 - xii, 282 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Women and politics in "The Model Country" --  Prologue: The nineteenth-century roots of Batllismo and feminismo -- The first feminisms : state building and women's organizing, 1880s-1915 -- Batllista ideology and policy : gender, class, and the politics of compensation, 1910-1933 --  Women and the "National Family" : education, social assistance, and the State -- Liberal feminism, 1916-1932 -- The Catholic Ladies' League after Batlle, 1916-1932 -- Socialists and communists, 1916-1932 -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0826334687 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women in politics--History--Uruguay<br/>Feminism--History--Uruguay
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1236.5.U8