Pioneers. The constitution of the feminist movement in Rosario

Abstract

We have written this article in order to let people know about the results of a recent research carried out to investigate the political and organizational development of the first feminist groups in the City of Rosario, Argentina. The feminist movements were first set up in the 80's, during the period between the end of the last Argentine dictatorship and the beginning of the recovery of democracy. We have analysed a wide range of different views and issues taken into account by three contemporary groups of women with not only diverse political backgrounds, but also unalike generations and social status, considering their evolution and the agencies they belong to, so as to depict the process of the creation of each of these groups. Our investigation is based on written sources of the period before mentioned, and also the oral history and analysis which derives from direct testimonies of women who took part in the movements which were involved in various of the events that occurred during those years.