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Leaders of the Feminist Movement

Chile has been known as one of the most socially conservative countries in Latin America. Chilean women esteemed Catholicism, which put women in a patriarchal domesticated setting, and was used as reasoning for restricting women to vote. However, because of Chileans convictions of devout Catholics, it initated women's desire to vote against an anticlerical liberal party. By 1922, Graciela Mandujano and other women founded the Partido Cívico Feminino (Women's Civic Party) and focused on women getting the right to vote. In 1931, women were granted the right to vote, under conditions. Although most organizations dissolved after ssuffragewas granted, Partido Feminino Chileno (Chilean Women's Party), founded by Marié de la Cruz, continued to grow and work for more women's rights throughout the years. From the 1930's to the 1960's, women were voting for conservative candidates, making their concern's show by being able to ariculate those problems clearly. Chile then fell under a dictatorship, putting a pause on women's rights and development. It was not until the most current leader of feminism in Chile is the first female president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, who became the 34th president in 2006 until 2010. While not immedately re-electable for the next election, she was appointed the first executive director of United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). On March 11, 2014, she became the 36th president, beginning her second term.