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Canadian Woman Studies, 1988
Collective struggles have long been a part ofFinland's history, and the women's movement ... more Collective struggles have long been a part ofFinland's history, and the women's movement is no exception. Beginning in the late 19th century, a combination of women's groups fought the struggle to gain the vote for women. This struggle marked the first time women used their strength through organizations to affect a basic social structure. In the battle for this critical right, women skillfully used political and tactical tools to their advantage. Women had definitely stepped out of the domestic arena and into the public realm. This article discusses some of the women's organizations that were and are still instrumental to an analysis of women's position and power in Finland today. Distinctions between public and private spheres have been widely utilized in cross-cultural studies of the position of women. All too often in the analysis of women's power there is a tendency to view as almost "natural" a division of women's and men's activities ...
Women's Studies International Forum, 1996
Canadian Woman Studies, 1988
Collective struggles have long been a part ofFinland's history, and the women's movement ... more Collective struggles have long been a part ofFinland's history, and the women's movement is no exception. Beginning in the late 19th century, a combination of women's groups fought the struggle to gain the vote for women. This struggle marked the first time women used their strength through organizations to affect a basic social structure. In the battle for this critical right, women skillfully used political and tactical tools to their advantage. Women had definitely stepped out of the domestic arena and into the public realm. This article discusses some of the women's organizations that were and are still instrumental to an analysis of women's position and power in Finland today. Distinctions between public and private spheres have been widely utilized in cross-cultural studies of the position of women. All too often in the analysis of women's power there is a tendency to view as almost "natural" a division of women's and men's activities ...
Women's Studies International Forum, 1996