Pitt Latin American Series

Women Activism in Argentina and the World, 1918-1947

Sandra McGee Deutsch

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9780822989967
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Latin American & Caribbean History
• Index: History

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.

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, 1914–1941
• Chapter 2. Defining Women’s Roles in the Era of Fascism: Transnational “Conversations” between Latin American Fascists and Antifascists, 1930–1941
• Chapter 3. Knitting Together the Local, National, and Transnational: The Rise of the Victory Board, 1941–1943
• 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, 1941–1944
• Chapter 7. “V for Victory” or Vendepatria? Nationalists versus the Victory Board, 1941–1944
• Chapter 8. Transnational Citizens: Women’s Resistance and Foreign Collaborators, 1945–1947
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index