Fidel Castro Dbq

Fidel Castro possibly one of the most influential world leaders of the 20th century started to reconstruct Cuba based on his communist ideals after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista in January of 1959 but to do this Castro need support of many people. One group in particular was the woman living in Cuba at the time all the revolution. Near the end of the twentieth century people believed woman's conditions had bettered whereas some still believed they could have been improved more. But some people seem to offer a different account highlighting how Castro's Cuba had actually hampered both gender relations and family life.

Many believe there was positive results on the lives of Cuban women following the revolution of 1959. Navarro, (doc 1) a female Cuban socialist feminist, discusses the patriarchal condition woman had to live under before the Revolution of 1959. She talks about the Spanish Civil code the imposed patriarchal power on women. Many people have tried to override this tradition for example the US had imposed military orders to override this tradition in which women were seen as less than men but their efforts were futile before the revolution. Another woman interviewed by us journalist( doc 7), talks about How the family code introduced in 1975 guaranteed equal rights for women and it opened day care centers to help young
there are many views on the Cuban Revolution and how it changed Cuba as a country, some say the revolution is good for the country where some people disagree strongly with it and say that it was not the right path for the country to follow and they should have followed traditional ways. Even with revolutions occurring all across the world and all throughout history women are still seen less than men , and this is one of the biggest challenges we face as humans inhabiting this