TY - BOOK AU - Ehrick Christine TI - The shield of the weak: feminism and the State in Uruguay, 1903-1933 SN - 0826334687 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HQ1236.5.U8 PY - 2005/// CY - Albuquerque PB - University of New Mexico Press KW - Women in politics KW - Uruguay KW - History KW - Feminism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip057/2005002484.html ER -