Cocinas Populares [1920s-1950s]

Description: The creation and fostering of soup kitchens (cocinas populares) in Argentina was both a religious, secular, private, and public initiative. It served to the poor inhabitants of the different cities popular dishes of the country. In 1902, the hygienist perspective founded many soup kitchens as a way to prevent illnesses such as tuberculosis amidst the lower-class sectors. For example, Gabriela Laperriere created soup kitchens for the working-class women providing a time of rest. By 1917, 800 institutions provided soup kitchens only in the city of Buenos Aires. See, Andrea Antonia Oliva, Antecedentes del trabajo social en Argentina: asistencia y educación sanitaria, en Argentina, file:///C:/Users/Alejandro/Downloads/Dialnet-AntecedentesDelTrabajoSocial.pdf Extent and format of original material: This envelope contains photos, and newspapers' clippings.