In the Service of their Homeland and Themselves: The U.S. Women's Club in Costa Rica 1945–1980.
This article examines the Women's Club of Costa Rica/Club de Mujeres de Costa Rica (WCCR), an English-speaking and U.S.-oriented civic organization in Costa Rica, from its establishment in 1940 through the 1970s. Based on oral histories with club members and the WCCR primary sources, the article con...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Social History Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 412 - 439 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Winter2018
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