1. A number of political scientists argue that much of the political behavior in Latin America occurs outside conventional processes through guerrilla movements, military coups, strikes and demonstrations: for example, Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline, “The Latin American Tradition and Process of Development,” in Wiarda and Kline eds., Latin American Politics and Development (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1979), p. 42. The paucity of studies on women’s participation in such activities is frequently noted. See, for example, Jane S. Jaquette, “Female Political Participation in Latin America,” in June Nash and Helen Safa eds., Sex and Class in Latin America (New York: Praeger, 1976).
2. For example, the major study of guerrilla warfare by Richard Gott, Guerrilla Movements in Latin America (Garden City: Doubleday, 1971), does not even reference “women.”
3. Luis Vitale, Historia y Sociologia de la Mujer Latinoamericana (Barcelona: Editorial Fontamara, 1981).
4. James Kohl, and John Litt, “Urban Guerrilla Warfare: Uruguay,” in James Kohl and John Litt eds., Urban Guerrilla Warfare in Latin America (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1974).
5. Che Guevara, Guerrilla Warfare (New York: Vintage, 1969).