Las mujeres de la política, los niños de la calle y las bibliotecas: Apostillas bibliotecológicas sobre el tema de la Asociación de Bibliotecas y Recreos Infantiles

摘要

This article is about socialist activist women and their cultural actiontowards the creation, development, and promotion of children’s libraries in BuenosAires at the beginning of the 20th century. This study is part of a major researchcarried out by the author about “Popular libraries and political thought: a comparativestudy of governmental and socialist ideas on libraries. (1900-1940)”.The methodology has been focused on the documentary analysis —especiallyprimary sources— statutes and accounts, parliamentary sessions records andthe testimony of the social actors involved, etc. The research is aimed to revealthe influence of the political speech of the time on the development of worker’slibraries, especially children’s libraries; the socialist strategy to keep childrenout of streets through a strong linkage between books and reading; and, finally,the relationship found between collections and children’s reading activities bothfor entertainment or school support performed at those libraries.