El voto femenino en la prensa centroamericana (1940-1955)
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Vega Jiménez, Patricia
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El derecho al sufragio de las mujeres en el mundo occidental, y en Centroamérica en particular, fue el fruto de un proceso lento, desgastante y colmado de sacrificios. Particu-larmente en Centroamérica, la convulsión política interna fue un problema más en el proce-so. La prensa, como medio de formación de opinión pública, jugó un papel fundamental en el tema, colaborando y obstaculizando. El objetivo de este ensayo es analizar el papel que jugó la prensa dos semanas antes y dos después de aprobarse el derecho al voto de las mujeres en los países centroamericanos. Para ello se acude a los principales diarios y a las revistas fe-ministas que circularon entre 1945 y 1949, años en los que se aprobó en los respectivos con-gresos, el derecho de las mujeres a elegir sus gobernantes. Dada la ausencia de hemerotecas digitales en los países de la región, se recurrió a las referencias periodísticas que se exponen en estudios académicos publicados sobre la historia del sufragio en Centroamérica.
The right to suffrage of women, in the Western world and in Central America in particular, was the fruit of a slow, exhausting process and full of sacrifices. Particularly in Central America, the internal political upheaval was another problem in the process. The press, as a means of forming public opinion, played a fundamental role in the issue, collabo-rating and hindering. The objective of this essay is to analyze the role played by the press two weeks before and two after the approval of women's right to vote in the Central Ameri-can countries. To this end, the main newspapers and feminist magazines circulated between 1945 and 1949, years in which the right of women to elect their rulers, were approved in the respective congresses. Given the absence of digital newspaper archives in the countries of the region, the journalistic references that are exposed in published academic studies on the history of suffrage in Central America were resorted to.
The right to suffrage of women, in the Western world and in Central America in particular, was the fruit of a slow, exhausting process and full of sacrifices. Particularly in Central America, the internal political upheaval was another problem in the process. The press, as a means of forming public opinion, played a fundamental role in the issue, collabo-rating and hindering. The objective of this essay is to analyze the role played by the press two weeks before and two after the approval of women's right to vote in the Central Ameri-can countries. To this end, the main newspapers and feminist magazines circulated between 1945 and 1949, years in which the right of women to elect their rulers, were approved in the respective congresses. Given the absence of digital newspaper archives in the countries of the region, the journalistic references that are exposed in published academic studies on the history of suffrage in Central America were resorted to.
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Centroamérica, Prensa, Sufragio, Mujer, Derechos, Central America, Press, Suffrage, Women, Rights, GUERRA MUNDIAL II, 1939-1945
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https://www.revistadelcesla.com/index.php/revistadelcesla/article/view/451