Maternidades y militancia en la Argentina de los 70s Notas históricas para pensar las maternidades colectivas contemporáneas

Abstract

The idea that women need a tribe to raise children circulates among women in urban middle sectors of Argentina but this idea is not new. This article studies experiences of collective child rearing in left wing organizations in Argentina during the 70s, placing them in a line of continuity and rupture with contemporary models. The article is based in the analysis of documents, testimonies and oral interviews from Memoria Abierta Files. In the first place, it presents second wave feminism's positions about motherhood and public policies on birth control in Argentina at that time. Secondly, it analyses the role of women in left wing organizations and experiences of motherhood and parenting in revolutionary contexts.