| This book is the product of a number of years of research, writ ing, and the creating and teaching of courses in a previously untaught field of study, the history of women in Latin America. The ideas and concepts presented were developed in the course of discussions with colleagues and students as well as in the many solitary hours spent delving into archival material and communing with my computer. The intellectual heritage drawn upon is apparent in the notes and bibliographies as well as in the text itself. |
| As all scholars know, there is another book-length story behind the successful completion of a project of this dimension. Here it gives me pleasure to indicate a few of those whose contributions were central to the successful completion of the book. Foremost among them is Gwen Kirkpatrick, who first suggested that my course on the history of women in Latin America contained the elements of a book she would like to read. My other colleagues in the Seminar on Feminism and Culture in Latin Americaincluding Emilie Bergmann, Janet Greenberg, Francine Masiello, Marta Morello-Frosch, Kathleen Newman, and Mary Louise Prattwere also generous in their comments and suggestions and unfailing in their support of the project. Rollie E. Poppino was always available to discuss ideas, an invaluable resource and colleague. My mother, Francesca Goodell Rappole, read the entire manuscript and offered important critical insights as the writing progressed. |
| I am grateful to the research assistants who patiently ferreted out obscure references, engaged in lively discussions of the material, and kept me out of library prison, especially Lynn Exe, Karen Boyd, Julianne Keihl, and Debi Tepner Roche, each of whom worked with me for more than a year, and to Kendra Gibson Wellman, Tracy Wallin, Sierra Bruckner, and Theresa Swinehart, who worked on specific short-term projects. |
| I would like to offer special thanks to Joy Fergoda, librarian of the Women's |
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