Women & Gender
in the Cuban Revolution
• Michelle Chase, Assistant
Professor
• Department of Economics,
History, and Political Science
• Pace University (PLV)
Overall Goal/Purpose
Most accounts of the Cuban
Revolution assume women were
insignificant actors in the Revolution
and that their emancipation was
granted "from above" by the new
leadership after 1959.
Specific Research Aims
This research demonstrates
for the first time that many
women were involved in
the revolutionary struggle.
It argues that the post-
revolutionary state turned
to the "woman question" in
response to women's
demands and in response to
the growing anti-communist
opposition, which also tried
to mobilize women, often
successfully.
