While there are some good historical studies on the subject, this work is supplemented by texts from anthropology and sociology. Squaring the Circle: Womens Factory Labor, History in Three Keys: The Boxers as Event, Experience, and Myth. Friedmann-Sanchez, Greta. The small industries and factories that opened in the late 1800s generally increased job opportunities for women because the demand was for unskilled labor that did not directly compete with the artisans.. They take data from discreet sectors of Colombia and attempt to fit them not into a pan-Latin American model of class-consciousness and political activism, but an even broader theory. R. Barranquilla: Dos Tendencias en el Movimiento Obrero, Crafts, Capitalism, and Women: The Potters of La Chamba, Colombia. Since the 1970s, state agencies, like Artisanas de Colombia, have aided the establishment of workshops and the purchase of equipment primarily for men who are thought to be a better investment. The reasoning behind this can be found in the work of Arango, Farnsworth-Alvear, and Keremitsis. Urrutia. Gerda Westendorp was admitted on February 1, 1935, to study medicine. Like!! This poverty is often the reason young women leave to pursue other paths, erod[ing] the future of the craft., The work of economic anthropologist Greta Friedmann-Sanchez reveals that women in Colombias floriculture industry are pushing the boundaries of sex roles even further than those in the factory setting. I would argue, and to an extent Friedmann-Sanchez illustrates, that they are both right: human subjects do have agency and often surprise the observer with their ingenuity. From Miss . Both Urrutia and Bergquist are guilty of simplifying their subjects into generic categories. Female Industrial Employment and Protective Labor, Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Pedraja Tomn, Women in Colombian Organizations, 1900-1940., Keremitsis, Latin American Women Workers in Transition., Mujer, Religin, e Industria: Fabricato, 1923-1982, Farnsworth-Alvear, Ann. Gender Roles in the 1950's. Men in the 1950s were often times seen as the "bread-winners," the ones who brought home the income for families and did the work that brought in money. History in Three Keys: The Boxers as Event, Experience, and Myth. Some texts published in the 1980s (such as those by Dawn Keremitsis and Terry Jean Rosenberg) appear to have been ahead of their time, and, along with Tomn, could be considered pioneering work in feminist labor history in Colombia. While women are forging this new ground, they still struggle with balance and the workplace that has welcomed them has not entirely accommodated them either. Man is the head of the Family, Woman Runs the House. Even today, gender roles are still prevalent and simply change to fit new adaptations of society, but have become less stressed over time. Greens article is pure politics, with the generic mobs of workers differentiated only by their respective leaders and party affiliations. Since the 1970s, state agencies, like Artisanas de Colombia, have aided the establishment of workshops and the purchase of equipment primarily for men who are thought to be a better investment. The reasoning behind this can be found in the work of Arango, Farnsworth-Alvear, and Keremitsis.
