Work, Family, and Organising: An Overview of the Emergence of the Economic, Social and Political Roles of Women in British Guiana
Author(s)
Trotz, D. Alissa; Peake, Linda
Abstract
This paper gives a broad purview of the historical factors affecting the formation of women’s economic, political and social roles in British Guiana up to Independence in 1966. We begin by outlining Black and Indian women’s specific experiences under the systems of slavery and indentureship. We then move on to highlight the consolidation of differences between these two groups in the post-emancipation and post-indenture periods in relation to paid work, familial life and modes of political organizing. An associated paper in a later volume of this journal continues these themes providing an overview of women’s roles during post-independence development strategies.
