Alejandra Ramm is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universidad de Valparaíso and Associate Researcher at the Social Sciences Research Institute (ICSO) at the Universidad Diego Portales (UDP), Chile. Jasmine Gideon is Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.

• 1. Motherhood, Social Policies and Women’s Activism in Latin America: An Overview.- 2. Latin America: A Fertile Ground for Maternalism.- 3. “Taking the Nature Out of Mother”: From Politics of Exclusion to Feminisms of Difference and Recognition of Rights.- 4. Constructing Maternalism from Paternalism: The Case of State Milk Programs.- 5. To Not Die in Childbirth: Maternal Health and State Policy, 1930–1980.- 6. Resistance to Sexual and Reproductive Rights: Maternalism and Conservatism.- 7. “Las madres del plomo”: Women’s Environmental Activism and Suffering in Northern Chile.- 8. Technocracy and Strategic Maternalism: Housing Policies, 1990–2014.- 9. LGBTQ-IPV and the Case for Challenging Maternalist Family Violence Paradigms.- 10. Women Miners: Motherhood, Labor Integration, and Unionization.- 11. The Persistent Maternalism in Labor Programs.- 12. Economic Modernization and Redefining Womanhood: Women, Family and Work in a Center Right Wing Government.

Alejandra Ramm is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universidad de Valparaíso and Associate Researcher at the Social Sciences Research Institute (ICSO) at the Universidad Diego Portales (UDP), Chile. Jasmine Gideon is Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.

• 1. Motherhood, Social Policies and Women’s Activism in Latin America: An Overview.- 2. Latin America: A Fertile Ground for Maternalism.- 3. “Taking the Nature Out of Mother”: From Politics of Exclusion to Feminisms of Difference and Recognition of Rights.- 4. Constructing Maternalism from Paternalism: The Case of State Milk Programs.- 5. To Not Die in Childbirth: Maternal Health and State Policy, 1930–1980.- 6. Resistance to Sexual and Reproductive Rights: Maternalism and Conservatism.- 7. “Las madres del plomo”: Women’s Environmental Activism and Suffering in Northern Chile.- 8. Technocracy and Strategic Maternalism: Housing Policies, 1990–2014.- 9. LGBTQ-IPV and the Case for Challenging Maternalist Family Violence Paradigms.- 10. Women Miners: Motherhood, Labor Integration, and Unionization.- 11. The Persistent Maternalism in Labor Programs.- 12. Economic Modernization and Redefining Womanhood: Women, Family and Work in a Center Right Wing Government.

Alejandra Ramm is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universidad de Valparaíso and Associate Researcher at the Social Sciences Research Institute (ICSO) at the Universidad Diego Portales (UDP), Chile. Jasmine Gideon is Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.

• 1. Motherhood, Social Policies and Women’s Activism in Latin America: An Overview.- 2. Latin America: A Fertile Ground for Maternalism.- 3. “Taking the Nature Out of Mother”: From Politics of Exclusion to Feminisms of Difference and Recognition of Rights.- 4. Constructing Maternalism from Paternalism: The Case of State Milk Programs.- 5. To Not Die in Childbirth: Maternal Health and State Policy, 1930–1980.- 6. Resistance to Sexual and Reproductive Rights: Maternalism and Conservatism.- 7. “Las madres del plomo”: Women’s Environmental Activism and Suffering in Northern Chile.- 8. Technocracy and Strategic Maternalism: Housing Policies, 1990–2014.- 9. LGBTQ-IPV and the Case for Challenging Maternalist Family Violence Paradigms.- 10. Women Miners: Motherhood, Labor Integration, and Unionization.- 11. The Persistent Maternalism in Labor Programs.- 12. Economic Modernization and Redefining Womanhood: Women, Family and Work in a Center Right Wing Government.