Gender conflicts in the courts of the early Venezuelan republic, Caracas, 1811-1840
Women in early republican Caracas pursued their quest for equality before the law through their numerous actions in court. The new republic's constitution of 1811 adopted the « Rights of Men », and provided for equality and citizenship to Venezuelans. However Spanish civil codes which supported...
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| Τόπος έκδοσης: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs, |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2009
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Περίληψη: | Women in early republican Caracas pursued their quest for equality before the law through their numerous actions in court. The new republic's constitution of 1811 adopted the « Rights of Men », and provided for equality and citizenship to Venezuelans. However Spanish civil codes which supported class, race, and gender distinctions still operated in the new republic. This was the basis for two contending sets of rights : those of the padres de familia (male household heads), who tried to maintain their ancient legal prerogatives, and those of the ciudadanas (female citizens) who expected some type of material reciprocity in their relationships with men. Elite women openly used their rights as citizens to defend their property, while lower-class women made persistent claims to defend their individual rights. Most of the sampled cases (1835-1840) came from the lower classes (72 percent) and most of the cases were filed by women themselves (51 percent). |
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