Right-Wing Women in Chile: Feminine Power and the Struggle Against Allende, 1964–1973

History

Power, Margaret

Americas

Penn State University Press

An illuminating study of an important actor in a decisive moment of Chilean history, and a valuable and original contribution to Latin American history and politics and women's studies, which both presents new information and explores significant theoretical issues.-Peter Winn, Tufts UniversityWhen over five thousand women took to the streets of Santiago to protest Salvador Allende's Popular Unity government on December 1, 1971, their March of the Empty Pots and Pans signaled the beginning of a mass opposition movement and prompted the later formation of Feminine Power, a multi-class organization that played a critical role in paving the way for the military coup in 1973. Drawing on extensive interviews with leaders and participants, Margaret Power tells the story of these right-wing women, examining their motives, the tactics they employed, and the impact of their ideas and activity on Chilean society and politics.The ability of the right to exploit established ideas about gender, Power argues, was key to the opposition's success, and she explores how conservatives appealed to women as wives and mothers to mobilize them. Power also pays attention to the earlier history of these efforts, including the formation of Women's Action of Chile in 1963, and to the support provided by the U.S. government. The epilogue examines right-wing women's reactions to the arrest of Augusto Pinochet in 1998 and their role in the elections of 2000. By focusing on the women who opposed Allende and supported Pinochet, this book offers a fresh look at the complex dynamics of Chilean politics in the last half of the twentieth century.

Of the many recipients of federal support during the Great Depression, the citizens of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, stand out as model reminders of the vital importance of New Deal programs. Hoping to transform their desperate situation, the 250 families of this western Pennsylvania town worked with the federal government to envision a new kind of community that would raise standards of living through a cooperative lifestyle and enhanced civic engagement. Their efforts won them a nearly mythic status among those familiar with Norvelt’s history.Hope in Hard Times explores the many transitions faced by those who undertook this experiment. With the aid of the New Deal, these residents, who hailed from the hardworking and underserved class that Jacob Riis had called the “other half” a generation earlier, created a middle-class community that would become an exemplar of the success of such programs. Despite this, many current residents of Norvelt—the children and grandchildren of the first inhabitants—oppose government intervention and support political candidates who advocate scrutinizing and even eliminating public programs.Authors Timothy Kelly, Margaret Power, and Michael Cary examine this still-unfolding narrative of transformation in one Pennsylvania town, and the struggles and successes of its original residents, against the backdrop of one of the most ambitious federal endeavors in U.S. history.

Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression

Kelly, Timothy

Cary, Michael

An oft-neglected subject, right-wing women are an important component in understanding the many racist, fascist, and anti-feminist movements of the 20th century. Providing original research on an array of right-wing groups around the world, the contributors paint a disturbing and complicated portrait of the women involved in these movements. From Mussolini supporters to Klanswomen, this collection provides an eye-opening look at extremist women.

Right-Wing Women: From Conservatives to Extremists Around the World

Bacchetta, Paola

Reference

Routledge

Right-Wing Women

This innovative book challenges the perceived view, based largely on long observation of artificially fed chimpanzees in Gombe and Mahale National Parks, Tanzania, of the normal social behavior of chimpanzees as aggressive, dominance seeking, and fiercely territorial. In polar opposition, all reports from naturalistic (nonfeeding) field studies are of nonaggressive chimpanzees living peacefully on home ranges in fluid, open, nonhierarchical groups. This research has been largely ignored and downgraded by most of the scientific community. By utilizing the data from these studies, the author is able to construct a model of an egalitarian form of social organization, based on a role relationship of mutual dependence among many charismatic chimpanzees of both sexes and other more dependent members. This highly and necessarily positive mututal dependence system is characteristic of both undisturbed chimpanzees and humans who live or lived by the "immediate-return" foraging system.

The Egalitarians - Human and Chimpanzee: An Anthropological View of Social Organization

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Cambridge University Press

Psychology & Counseling

The attacks of September 11, 2001, changed the way the world looks at Islam. And rightfully so, according to M.A. Khan, a former Muslim who left the religion after realizing that it is based on forced conversion, imperialism, and slavery: the primary demands of Jihad, commanded by the Islamic God Allah.
 In this groundbreaking book, Khan demonstrates that Prophet Muhammad meticulously followed these misguided principles and established the ideal template of Islamic Jihad for his future followers to pursue, and that Muslims have been perpetuating the cardinal principles of Jihad ever since.
 Find out the true nature of Islam, particularly its doctrine of Jihad, and what it means to the modern world, and also learn about 
<ul>
<li> The core tenets of Islam and its history </li>
<li> The propagation of Islam by force and other means </li>
<li> Islamic propaganda </li>
<li> Arab-Islamic imperialism </li>
<li> Islamic slavery and slave-trade </li>
<li> And much more! </li>
</ul>
 The commands of Allah are perpetual in nature, so are the actions of Prophet Muhammad. Jihad has been the way to win converts to Islam since its birth fourteen centuries ago, and it won't change anytime soon. Find out why in Islamic Jihad.

Aussie Bites are a mouth-watering feast of original, accessible and enjoyable stories from some of Australia's best-loved writers.THE SUGAR-GUM TREE by Patricia Wrightson: Sarah Bell and Penny May were best friends. Sometimes they had fights, but after the fights they were best friends again. Then one day they had a very bad fight.GINGER by Christobel Mattingley: Hugo and Harriet love all their pets. But for Hugo, his rabbit Ginger is the best pet he's ever had.MONKEY TRIX by Raewyn Caisley: Suddenly the gorilla in Kerry's video game is there in her lving room. Full-sized and alive!HURRY UP ALICE! by Christobel Mattingley: Alice is a dawdler and a dreamer. Everyone is always telling her to hurry up. Until one day when Alice is first for a change..

Aussie Bites- The Sugar-gum Tree, Plus Three More: Library Edition

Children's Books

WRIGHTSON, Patricia

Mattingley, Christobel

Caisley, Raewyn

Humor

Bolinda Audio

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Power, Margaret. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Power, Margaret