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Laboring for the State provides a comprehensive analysis of women’s experiences in revolutionary Cuba during the critical early years following the 1959 revolution. Rachel Hynson investigates how the Cuban state sought to incorporate women into the labor force as part of its broader economic and social transformation, while simultaneously grappling with deeply rooted patriarchal traditions and family structures.
The book examines the tensions between revolutionary ideology that promised gender equality and the practical realities of women’s lives as they balanced state demands for labor participation with domestic responsibilities and family expectations. Hynson uses extensive archival research and primary sources to illuminate how women navigated these competing pressures, and how their experiences shaped both family dynamics and state policy during this formative period of the Cuban Revolution.
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