Public health policies, women?s organizations and mothers in the province of Buenos Aires, 1946-1952

VALOBRA, ADRIANA

(Un) Healthy Interiors: Contestations at the Intersection of Public Health and Private Space?, Studies in Social Sciences, vol. XXXVIII

University of West Georgia

Lugar: Carrollton, Georgia, Estados Unidos; Año: 2005; p. 79 - 95

This study seeks to understand the interrelations between the Argentine state and civil society on questions of women?s roles in society. Our focus will be on the maternal and infant health policies of the Province of Buenos Aires during the governorship of Domingo Alfredo Mercante, 1946-1952. We are especially interested in conflicts between the provincial state and the leftist women?s organization, the Union of the Women of Argentina. Finally, this work will recuperate the perspective of women through the use of oral interviews and institutional documents.