Date of Award

5-2024

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Honors Thesis

Department

Political Science

First Advisor

Rhea Myerscough

Second Advisor

Terri Carney

Abstract

Due to the #MeToo movement and the overturning of Roe v. Wade debates about women's power are at the forefront of society. These debates have sparked an increase in trying to understand how political systems function, as well as how those systems allocate power and agency to women. Using the case of Francisco Franco’s rule over Spain from 1939 to 1977, a conclusion was drawn that the power and agency that women have is most often within the home and family life, which is both the power and the limit of it. Unless they were in a position of high societal standing, then they would not have much ability to make significant decisions or wield significant societal power.

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