Women’s struggle for employment equality. The case of the first female communicators in Uruguayan TV

Abstract

This article is an advance of our research on women communicators from the perspective of inequalities between men and women. We intend to grasp the changes in the socio-professional life of women, taking as as a study case Uruguayan television (TV). We have interviewed three generations of women communicators: the first entering TV, mature working professionals, and recent income youth. We will follow the career path of three pioneers. The first entered TV in its beginning, in the late 50s; the second did it in the 70s, and the third in mid 80s. We have preserved the anonymity of the interviewed for greater ease in analyzing their life stories. We will depict the main obstacles and resistance that they faced, putting the focus on gender social relations.