Hermanas de labor contra la guerra, la intervención militar y el fascismo: La Unión Laborista de Mujeres en Cuba, 1930-1938

Abstract

The Women’s Labor Union was a women’s organization created in May 1930 to which all women could belong without distinction of race, class or belief, willing to fight for a broad program of demands beyond the limits of feminism. They stood out for their active participation in the fight against the dictatorship of Gerardo Machado, and also for their adherence to the revolutionary process of the 1930’s. Due to their political activities, many of its members suffered persecution, imprisonment, and exile. The Cuban lawyer Ofelia Domínguez Navarro, who is considered the first female notary public in Cuba, participated in this historical-revolutionary process. Ofelia, stood out as a leader of the Women’s Labor Union advocating for the rights of Cuban women, fighting against Machado oppression, and working in a variety of activities of national and international interest. The objective of this article is to offer an analysis of the performance of this Women’s Labor Union during the anti-Machadist struggle in the early 1930’s, and the political actions of this organizations against the war and fascism as well as to present some considerations about the political actions of Ofelia Domínguez Navarro, and of some of her comrades of work and action.