The incorporation of women into the public sector in Chile, 1860–1930: from rejection to encouragement

Traverso, Diego Barría; Sepúlveda, Nathaly

doi:10.1080/17449359.2021.1966473

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“…In this stage and that which followed with the transition to the Ministry of Social Welfare, enforcement was strengthened, 115 a task into which female public officials were increasingly incorporated. 116 In housing, the problem of the price of rents was approached in two ways. The housing tribunals, introduced at the beginning of 1925 by Minister Santos Salas to regulate prices, served as a tool for fostering rent freezes while a Cheap Rooming Law sought to act on prices by encouraging the construction of new rooming houses.…”

Section: Corruption In the Republic's Political Life Has Led Our Inst...mentioning

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Breakdown and reform: the Chilean road to the creation of ministries of hygiene and social welfare 1892–1931

Barría Traverso,

Romero Pavez

2024

Med. Hist.

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Doctors have played an important role in the development of health institutions in Latin America. However, they are not the only profession that has had a voice in these matters. There are also other factors influencing the development of ministries of health. This issue has gone unnoticed in the literature. This article suggests that it is possible to identify two distinct trends in the creation of health ministries in Latin America. The first, of an early nature, was seen principally in Central America and the Caribbean in countries dependent on or under the influence of the United States which, from the 1880s, promoted health Pan-Americanism. The second trend, which became apparent from 1924, was characterised by the emergence of ministries in a context of institutional breakdown and the appearance of new actors (military or populist leaders). This second trend was first seen in Chile in 1924. This article analyses the creation of the Ministerio de Higiene, Asistencia y Previsión Social (Ministry of Hygiene, Assistance and Social Security) in Chile in 1924 and its subsequent development through to 1931. The analysis looks at the health measures adopted, the context in which this occurred and the debates triggered by the ministry’s process of institutional development, based on parliamentary discussions, presidential speeches, official statistics, legislation, documents prepared by key actors and the press of the time.

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Section: Corruption In the Republic's Political Life Has Led Our Inst...mentioning

confidence: 99%