Pitt Latin American Series
Women Activism in Argentina and the World, 1918-1947
- 368 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About This Book
Argentine women's long resistance to extreme rightists, tyranny, and militarism culminated in the Junta de la Victoria, or Victory Board, a group that organized in the aftermath of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in defiance of the neutralist and Axis-leaning government in Argentina. A sewing and knitting group that provided garments and supplies for the Allied armies in World War II, the Junta de la Victoria was a politically minded association that mobilized women in the fight against fascism. Without explicitly characterizing itself as feminist, the organization promoted women's political rights and visibility and attracted forty-five thousand members. The Junta ushered diverse constituencies of Argentine women into political involvement in an unprecedented experiment in pluralism, coalition-building, and political struggle. Sandra McGee Deutsch uses this internationally minded but local group to examine larger questions surrounding the global conflict between democracy and fascism.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Persons
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. A Heritage of Transnational Democratic Struggles in Argentina and the World, 1914â1941
- Chapter 2. Defining Womenâs Roles in the Era of Fascism: Transnational âConversationsâ between Latin American Fascists and Antifascists, 1930â1941
- Chapter 3. Knitting Together the Local, National, and Transnational: The Rise of the Victory Board, 1941â1943
- Chapter 4. Bridging Divides
- Chapter 5. Gendering Antifascism in a Patriarchal Society
- Chapter 6. The Cloth That Binds: Transnational Relationships with the United States, Great Britain, and Uruguay, 1941â1944
- Chapter 7. âV for Victoryâ or Vendepatria? Nationalists versus the Victory Board, 1941â1944
- Chapter 8. Transnational Citizens: Womenâs Resistance and Foreign Collaborators, 1945â1947
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index