Anti-Fascism, Gender, and International Communism: The Comit Mondial des Femmes [Paperback]

Introduction  1. The Women of the Comit? Mondial des Femmes contre la Guerre et le Fascisme  2. Sites of Anti-Fascist Collaboration and Exchange: CMF Congresses  3. The Comit? mondial des femmes contre la guerre et le fascisme, the Soviet Union, and the Comintern  4. The European Campaigns of the Comit? mondial des femmes contre la guerre et le fascisme  5. The Global Campaigns of the Comit? mondial des femmes contre la guerre et le fascisme  6. Campaigning on a National Scale  7. Traditional Femininity as a Tool of Womens Emancipation  Conclusion

Anti-Fascism, Gender, and International Communism provides a comprehensive history of the Comit? mondial des femmes contre la guerre et le fascisme (CMF), an international womens organisation concerned with confronting the impact of fascism on women and children across the globe.

Anti-Fascism, Gender, and International Communism provides a comprehensive history of the Comite mondial des femmes contre la guerre et le fascisme (CMF), an international womens organisation concerned with confronting the impact of fascism on women and children across the globe.

Women played an essential role in the international struggle against fascism during the interwar period, although a focus on the efforts of men and political figures by the historiography has largely overshadowed womens interventions against right-wing dictatorships. Through an examination of the committees key figures, strategies, connections, and campaigns, this book offers a significant contribution to the histories of both womens activism and anti-fascist activism by positioning the CMF as an important contributor to international political advocacy in the interwar period. Further, the groups association with international communism and the burgeonils)