1959: (Comhaire-Sylvain Argues for Attending to Space — Drawing Women Together Under One Roof Being a Project of Care and an Intervention in the Social Scien…

1959: (Comhaire-Sylvain Argues for Attending to Space — Drawing Women Together Under One Roof Being a Project of Care and an Intervention in the Social Science of the Period, Comhaire-Sylvain in Subsequent Work Concluding That Housing Was the Most Conspicuous Index for Studying Differences Among Women — in a 1959 Article She Reflecting “Most Visitors Who Have Studied the Haitian Scene Have Been Americans and They Have Described the Local Society as Split by Cultures — This General Insistence on the Cultural Cleavage Between the Two Strata Has Made It Appear the Only Important Factor of Social Differentiation”): Drawing women together under one roof was a project of care and an intervention in the social science of the period. In subsequent work, Comhaire-Sylvain concluded that based on intersectional factors, housing was the most conspicuous index for studying differences among women. Over the course of twenty years of studying girls and young women, she ultimately argued that scholars had to attend to space in order to understand the social lives of women in Haiti. In a 1959 article, she reflected that most visitors who had studied the Haitian scene had been Americans, and they had described the local society as split by cultures — this general insistence on the cultural cleavage between the two strata of Haitian society had made it appear the only important factor of social differentiation.