Women in revolutionary political. the PRT-ERP case in 1970s Argentina

Abstract

The left revolutionary movement during the ‘60s and ‘70s in Argentina had a large number of women participants. Many of them were young women who emerged in politics at the same time as the organizations in which they participated. This article explore the press and the documents from the PRT-ERP through an analysis that takes into account two aspects. On the one hand, the participation of women in the guerrilla, both regarding their actual incorporation in number and quality of the members, and the questions that the organizations put to them, through the creation of spaces and the production of material specifically meant for women. On the other hand, the second aspect deals with how concerned the organization was in thinking of the revolutionary subjectivity intertwining daily life with politics, in a context where the creation of an activism model implied considering all the aspects of the daily life.