Women in Cuba: The Making of a Revolution Within the Revolution

The social revolution that in 1959 brought down the bloody Batista dictatorship began in the streets of cities like Santiago de Cuba and the Rebel Army’s liberated mountain zones of eastern Cuba. The unprecedented integration of women in the ranks and leadership of this struggle was a true measure of the revolutionary course it has followed to this day. Here, in firsthand accounts by women who helped make it, is the story of that revolution—and “the revolution within.”   To read full reviews, please click the REVIEWS & PROMO tab on this page.    “Although women are the focus of the book, the underlying idea is the relationship between masses of workers and the revolutionary process, with women as an integral, cohesive part, not a special population.” —Journal of Third World Studies   “Details the way that Cuban women's lives changed in the 1960s through the socialist revolution as millions were brought out of poverty, prostitution and patriarchal subordination.” —Book News   “Books