Care as a Tool of Political Integration: Women's clubs and societies in London as the beginning of the first-wave feminist suffrage movement ; Los cuidados como herramienta de integración política : Los clubs y sociedades de mujeres de Londres como inicio del movimiento sufragista de la primera ola feminista ; Os cuidados como ferramenta de integração política: Os clubes e sociedades de mulheres de Londres como início do movimento sufragista da primeira onda feminista

During the early years of the industrial era, a growing division was established between productive and reproductive activities. In turn, these activities were allocated to men (productive) and women (reproductive) respectively. Among those reproductive activities, there was the act of care exclusively performed by women in the domestic space. This division created a disconnection of women from the public space, making it difficult for them to participate in politics. However, a group of women at the end of the 19th century subverted this situation by using care as a tool for political emancipation. By establishing places that offered care-related activities in the public space, in this case for other women, they achieved the first transition in the definition of care from a domestic to a social activity. In turn, this change made it possible for women to be incorporated into the productive fabric while enabling their presence in the urban space. This article analyses these places, the women's clubs in London that generated the first suffragette movements that led to women's right to vote in the United Kingdom. This led to their participation in their country's politics. ; Durante la era industrial, se instauró una marcada división entre las actividades productivas y reproductivas, asignando estas labores al hombre y a la mujer, respectivamente. Entre las actividades reproductivas estaban los cuidados realizados por las mujeres en el espacio doméstico. Esta división creó un distanciamiento de las mujeres del espacio público dificultando su posibilidad de participación en la política. Sin embargo, un grupo de mujeres a finales del siglo XIX subvirtieron esta situación a través de utilizar los cuidados como herramienta de emancipación política. A través de establecer lugares que ofrecían actividades relacionadas con los cuidados en el espacio público, en este caso hacia otras mujeres, realizaron la primera transición en la definición de los cuidados de una actividad doméstica a una social. A su vez, este cambio ...