{{Short description|Argentine historian and writer}} '''Marcela Nari''' (1965–2000) was an Argentine historian and writer who is remembered for her work at the University of Buenos Aires on the history of women and feminism in Argentina.<ref name=biblio>{{cite web|url=http://biblio.fcedu.uner.edu.ar/derecha/novedades/pdf/18461.pdf|title=Marcela Nari: Políticas de maternidad y maternalismo político|publisher=biblio.fcedu.uner.edu.ar|accessdate=4 March 2015 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
==Biography== Nari was a writer on the history of feminism in Argentina. The author of ''Políticas de Maternidad y Maternalismo Político. Buenos Aires, 1890–1940'' on political motherhood in Argentina, she had a PhD in History and was a specialist in women's studies at the National University in Buenos Aires. In addition to founding the Instituto Interdisciplinario de Estudios de Género (Interdisciplinary Institute on Gender Studies), she promoted research and coordination at other academic centres. Research topics included the history of women and feminism in Argentina, and the treatment of women in prison during maternity and in motherhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huma.unca.edu.ar/revistarena/images/stories/masimagenes/estantes/documents/NRO1-1-2010/SUMARIOS1/Maria_Veron_Ponce.pdf|title=''Políticas de Maternidad y Maternalismo Político''. Buenos Aires, 1890–1949, ISBN 9507864253|publisher=www.huma.unca.edu.ar|accessdate=4 March 2015|language=Spanish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143225/http://www.huma.unca.edu.ar/revistarena/images/stories/masimagenes/estantes/documents/NRO1-1-2010/SUMARIOS1/Maria_Veron_Ponce.pdf|archivedate=2 April 2015}}</ref> She also published dozens of articles in Argentine and foreign journals including ''Feminaria'', ''mujer/fempress'', ''Latin American Perspectives'', ''Mora'', ''Toda es Historia'', ''Razón y Revolución'' and the Instituto Ravignani's ''Boletín''.<ref name=biblio/>
In her work, Nari demonstrated that inspired by the need to populate the country, between 1890 and 1940 doctors and legislators tried to control women's maternal roles drawing where possible on religious considerations.<ref name="Mooney2009">{{cite book|last=Mooney|first=Jadwiga Pieper|title=The Politics of Motherhood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HnEKKaWjcyAC&pg=PA4|year=2009|publisher=University of Pittsburgh Pre|isbn=978-0-8229-7361-4|pages=4–}}</ref>
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