Many consider the 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign—Campaña de Alfabetización— to be the backdrop for the social, economic, cultural, and ethical transformations that occurred in that country following 1959. The Campaña marked a definitive moment of liberation for women in Cuba, as more than half of the volunteers were women who left their family homes to live and work with the illiterate in the Cuban countryside. This work in progress features photographic portraits of women who participated as literacy teachers together with a cross-section of reflective testimonies to provide tex-tural components for a broader reading of this massive event.
