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Carmela Jeria's parents were Maria Gómez and a well known policeman and "intellectual agent" Mauricio Jeria of
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Working conditions at the turn of the century were very precarious and led to the formation of many workers' organizations as Chile began exploiting its natural resources. Its economy was almost 50% dependent on saltpeter. The resulting economic development generated a new social structure in the
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is born into journalistic life, with the sole and exclusive purpose of defending the proletarian class and more particularly the working-class… working with tireless and ardent determination for the moral, material and intellectual advancement of the working woman and also for our brothers in
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Jeria's work is said to have contributed to the formation of several women's associations dedicated to the suffrage movement, eventually leading to
Chilean women gaining the right to vote in municipal elections in 1934, and in presidential elections in 1952.
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country, a product of the worker migration and the growing use of female and child labor. A series of labor disputes erupted with workers demanding better wages and more limited working hours.
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