Peasant women

New subject for historical research

Abstract

This article pretends to raise awareness to the peasant women as a social and historical subject. It seeks to break the “historiographical silence” that traditionally has predominated on the studies of these women, and at the same time contravenes the image of rural women that has been traditionally presented and transmitting over time in the academic sphere. The research reported here shows the peasant women, as opposed to the more traditional interpretations and historical analysis, as an authentic strategic collective, trained to promote the change in the agriculture. The article focuses on the study of Spanish peasant women during the period that elapses between the final stage of Franco’s dictatorship and the early years of our current democratic political system.