Center for Cuban Studies, New York (cover artist: Nelson Dominguez), "Cuban Family Code," circa 1975. Offset print, booklet.

This English-language translation of Cuba's groundbreaking Family Code was published by the Center for Cuban Studies, a non-profit, tax-exempt institution based in New York City. The Cuban Family Code went into effect on March 8, International Women's Day, 1975, following public discussion and approval by more than 98 percent of participants in meetings and assemblies. The cover features an expressive line drawing by Cuban artist Nelson Dominguez depicting a Cuban family in a tropical setting, with additional interior illustrations including metal engravings on page 4 and photographs from Cuban film LUCIA and other Cuban archives. The Family Code represented a revolutionary advancement in equality between men and women in all areas of Cuban life, explicitly reflecting socialist principles by replacing obsolete bourgeois judicial norms with provisions based on equality and socialist concepts of family. This translation originally appeared in Volume II, Number 4 of the Center for Cuban Studies Newsletter and was made available as a standalone publication for 75 cents, helping to disseminate information about Cuba's progressive social legislation to English-speaking audiences during a period when US-Cuba relations remained strained.