Autor
Palabras clave
Franquismo, Falange Española, Sección Femenina, política
Resumen
La siguiente ponencia examinará los principales proyectos legislativos promovidos por la Sección Femenina de la FET y los esfuerzos de su departamento jurídico por controlar la implementación de la Reforma del Código Civil (1958), la Ley de los Derechos Políticos y Profesionales de la Mujer (1961) y las enmiendas a esa ley (1966). Propongo considerarlos como mediadores entre la política elitista y la política de masas de la SF: un instrumento para convertir la vida activa y el estilo de vida independiente de las dirigentes de la SF en algo más accesible para públicos femeninos más amplios. Vinculando esta interrelación entre política elitista y política de masas con otros procesos de la sociedad franquista, demostraré que las dirigentes de la SF fueron forjando su lugar (a pesar que muchas de ellas preferirían negarlo) como una elite política que intentó modificar la realidad social de la mujer española.
Keywords
Francoism, Falange Española, Sección Femenina, Social Policy,
Abstract
t Bridginghe Gap between Elite and Mass Politics The following paper will examine the central legislative projects promoted by the Sección Feminina de la FET (the 1958 reform of the Civil Code; the 1961 law of Political and Professional Rights for Women; and the 1966 amendments of that law), and the way their implementation was monitored by the organization’s legal department. The paper will look at these
legislative projects as the means for bridging the gap between the SF’s elite and mass politics — a tool through which the organization attempted to make the active and independent life style of its members accessible to larger female populations. By tying this interplay between elite and mass politics to the more general developments within Francoist society, I will show that the SF’s leadership carved for itself a place which many would have liked to deny it — that of a political elite intent on changing the social reality of Spanish women.
legislative projects as the means for bridging the gap between the SF’s elite and mass politics — a tool through which the organization attempted to make the active and independent life style of its members accessible to larger female populations. By tying this interplay between elite and mass politics to the more general developments within Francoist society, I will show that the SF’s leadership carved for itself a place which many would have liked to deny it — that of a political elite intent on changing the social reality of Spanish women.