Paradox of Paternalism

Elizabeth Manley is associate professor of history at Xavier University of Louisiana.

An exciting study that reveals the complexity of women’s multiple political projects, as well as the importance of feminism—widely defined—as a powerful political force.”—Jadwiga E. Pieper Mooney, author of The Politics of Motherhood: Maternity and Women’s Rights in Twentieth-Century Chile  “An engaging overview of the role played by women in supporting and contesting authoritarian regimes in the twentieth-century Dominican Republic. Essential reading for all historians of gender in Latin America.”—Nicola Foote, coeditor of Immigration and National Identities in Latin America  “Tells the very important story of women’s participation in Dominican politics from 1928 to 1978. It will quickly become a classic in the field of Latin American women’s history.”—Victoria González-Rivera, author of Before the Revolution: Women’s Rights and Right-Wing Politics in Nicaragua, 1821–1979