Biographical Collections
Women Presidents of Latin America by
Women are gaining ground as presidents of Latin America. Women leaders in presidential systems (particularly women directly elected by the public) were generally limited to daughters and wives of male executives or opposition leaders. With the election of Michelle Bachelet in Chile, these traditional patterns appeared to be shifting. This book asks: what conditions allowed for a broadening of routes, beyond family ties, for women in Latin America? Do women presidents of Latin America use their powers to enhance women¿s representation? While providing valuable insight into the big picture of women in presidential politics throughout Latin America over the last several decades, this book more closely analyzes four women presidents gaining office since 2006: Michelle Bachelet (Chile) Cristina Fern¿ez (Argentina) Laura Chinchilla (Costa Rica) and Dilma Rousseff (Brazil). It assesses the paths and impacts of Latin American women presidents and scrutinizes the ways gender shapes both aspects. No other scholar has offered such an in-depth analysis of the paths and actions of women presidents of Latin America. As such, this book offers important contributions to the gender in politics literature. Its multi-methodological approach consisting of original data collection from field work and in person interviews of political elites and experts combined with an analysis of a host of secondary sources including media articles and public opinion data makes this work exceptionally comprehensive. Its findings are applicable to those studying women, gender, and politics as well as comparative politics, Latin American politics, and leadership studies.
Call Number: F1414.3 .J35 2016ISBN: 9781138782709Publication Date: 2015
Liberators, Patriots and Leaders of Latin America by
This book features biographies of 32 of the most notable figures in Latin American history. To the 23 individuals from the first edition, consisting mostly of revolutionary, political, and military figures of the past, are added nine new biographies of contemporary Latin American presidents, providing an updated view of the region's leadership. Several patterns run through the individual biographies. The concept of native identity is an important aspect in the stories of Malinche, Juárez, Sandino, and Zapata--profoundly affecting the politics of modern Brazil, Mexico, and Nicaragua. One also sees a continuing compulsion to rebel against overwhelming odds in the cases of Manuela Sáenz, Che Guevara and Daniel Ortega.
Publication Date: 2010
Women of Power: half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide by
Comprehensive overview of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide. Looking at over fifty countries and over seventy women leaders since 1960, the book examines how and why these women rose to the top and what their leadership has meant for women's empowerment throughout the latter half of the twentieth century.
ISBN: 1447315804Publication Date: 2015
Los Madres De La Plaza De Mayo
Circle of Love over Death: testimonies of the mothers of the Plaza de Mayo by
Matilde Mellibovsky not only describes the personal anguish of the families over the torturee, deaths or "disappearance" of their children, but also shows how the women gave emotional support to each other and the way in which, since 1976, they slowly but surely organized and built and international movement.
Publication Date: 1997
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
Dreams of the Heart by
When Violeta Chamorro defeated Daniel Ortega in 1990 to become president of Nicaragua, despite a knee injury that put her on crutches for the entire campaign, most observers were shocked. Ortega's party, the Sandinistas, controlled the country, except for the Catholic Church and Mrs. Chamorro's newspaper, La Prensa, which, virtually alone, predicted the outcome accurately. After the election, many doubted that the Sandinistas would permit Mrs. Chamorro to take office, but she did, thanks in no small part to her own canny political instincts in reaching out to the Sandinistas rather than retaliating against them for causing a decade of oppression and poverty. After six years in office she has brought her country back from ruin, ending a civil war and revitalizing an economy that had become the second worst in the Western Hemisphere. Perhaps most remarkable of all, Mrs. Chamorro had never held office before, and from childhood had had no other aspiration than to raise a family." "Although written by a sitting president, this is a memoir like no other - intensely personal and deeply moving. President Chamorro explains that her lack of political experience left her to govern by the model she knew best, raising a family. Her own children were politically divided, like her country, and she tried to keep communication open among them. She did the same for what she calls her family of Nicaragua, reconciling left and right whenever possible, trying to put past political turmoil behind her. Devoted to the memory of her martyred husband, committed to her religious faith and her faith in democracy, Violeta Chamorro has ruled from the heart and led her country from disaster to recovery.
Call Number: F1528.22.C53 A3 1996Publication Date: 1996
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Laura Chinchilla
Mireya Moscoso
Michele Bachelet
Rigoberta Menchú
Reference Books
An Atlas and Survey of Latin American History by Call Number: G1541.S1 L3 2007Makes the human and physical geography and the social, cultural, political, and economic history of Latin America accessible in 68 maps + text. Topical overviews of movements and developments bring to light patterns of continuity and change throughout the region and over time.
Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands: Latin America: How to do business in 18 Latin American countries by Call Number: HF5389.3.L3 M67 2007Covers business etiquette, communication, social life and customs.
