Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2022
Several years ago a single voice, representing the frustration of many of us trying to carry out research on women in Latin America, decried the “lack of core bibliography, methodological apparati, or thematic models” (item 182:125) as major problems besetting the study of women in Latin America. As of 1975, these research hurdles had not been completely overcome, but certainly steps have been and continue to be taken.
An annotated bibliography on women in Spanish America will soon be published and other bibliographic guides of a more limited scope have been or are in the process of being compiled. Both in North America and Latin America, conferences, seminars, and workshops have been held to discuss methodological problems as well as recent research efforts. Associations, committees, coalitions, and centers have organized to promote the cause, lend support, gather and distribute information, and generally represent a growing concern with women's issues.
The author gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Ford Foundation and helpful criticisms from Elsa Chaney, Carmen Diana Deere, Helen Safa, Nora Scott Kinzer, June Nash, and others who read the manuscript at various stages of completion. Thanks are also due the many individuals who provided information about and copies of their work on women in Latin America, and to Jill Immerman for her assistance in final editing and typing. However, responsibility for the material contained in this review lies with the author.