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This working paper examines gender-based legislation intended to protect working women and limit their work activities in manufacturing factories in Argentina from 1895-1935. The goal is to discuss the contradictions between gender-based legislation and female labor productivity. My research, thus far, shows that female labor was productive between 1895 and 1935 despite restrictive legislation limiting what women could do in the factory. Two implications include that labor legislation was either minimally or not enforced in factories. Second, female laborers, in particular those working in textile factories, focused on labor-intensive piece work that they completed at home and beyond the limits of protective legislation.

This working paper examines gender-based legislation intended to protectworking women and limit their work activities in manufacturing factories inArgentina from 1895-1935. The goal is to discuss the contradictions betweengender-based legislation and female labor productivity. My research, thus far,shows that female labor was productive between 1895 and 1935 despite restrictive legislation limiting what women could do in the factory. Two implicationsinclude that labor legislation was either minimally or not enforced in factories.Second, female laborers, in particular those working in textile factories, focusedon labor-intensive piece work that they completed at home and beyond the limitsof protective legislation. ; Este documento de trabajo examina el género basado en la legislación destinada a proteger a las trabajadoras y limitar sus actividades laborales en la fabricación de las fábricas en la Argentina entre 1895 a 1935. El objetivo es discutir las contradicciones entre la legislación basada en el género y la productividad de la mano de obra femenina. Mi investigación, hasta ahora, muestra que el trabajo femenino era productivo entre los años 1895 y 1935, pese a las leyes restrictivas que limitaron lo que las mujeres podían hacer en la fábrica. Dos consecuencias son que la legislación laboral fue mínimamente o no se aplicaba en las fábricas. En segundo lugar las trabajadoras, en particular las que trabajaban en las fábricas textiles, se centraron en la pieza de trabajo de mano de obra que se completó en su casa y más allá de la legislación protectora.