I am interested in all the ways in which unequal and social relations, for which gender was a major signifier, were updated and remodeled to shape the needs of the state, the economy, and the social order and thus made possible, or impossible, women's mobilization of across the political spectrum during the 19th and 20th centuries in Latin America. I am especially drawn to pioneering women in Latin American history and their narratives, as I seek to answer how they inserted themselves into the public discourse. Currently, I focus on the three Uruguayan Luisi sisters, Paulina, Clotilde, and Luisa,  who became pioneers in fields previously barred to members of their gender at the beginning of the 20th century.