PRESENCIA DE PUBLICACIONES DE MUJERES EN DOS REVISTAS ACADÉMICAS DE HISTORIA EN CHILE ENTRE 1920 Y 1939

Abstract

This article centers on the analysis of women’s publications in the Academy of History in Chile, from 1920 to 1939. It describes the historical background that made their work possible: the development of women´s education and their access to the University; the professionalization of their work, and the material and unmaterial conditions of the articles written by them and published by Clío and Revista Chilena de Historia y Geografía. The analysis shows a change in societal values attributed to women: Education is the main subject in the 1920´s, in relation to the traditional value of motherhood, while during the 1930´s they incorporate a variety of topics directly related to the subject of History, which coincides with the professionalization process of women labor. The impact of the political and economic crisis - in 1925 and 1929 respectively- showed in the decline of publications made by women. This reflected the precarious situation of professional women, brought up by the newly established feminist movement in Chile.