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Italian women and international Cold War politics, 1944-1968 / Wendy Pojmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pojmann, Wendy A. (Wendy Ann)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cold War.
- Feminism--Italy--History--20th century.
- Feminism.
- Women's rights--Italy--History--20th century.
- Women's rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The women of the Socialist/Communist Unione Donne Italiane (UDI) and the lay Catholic Centro Italiano Femminile (CIF) are the protagonists in this keen study of the relationship between national Italian women's associations and international women's movements from 1944, when the associations became active, to 1968, when another generation of activists led women's movements in a new direction.
- Contents:
- Daughters of the resistance, 1943-1946
- Cold War housewives? 1947-1949
- Mothers for peace, 1950-1955
- The push for autonomy and women's rights, 1956-1959
- Opening to the center, 1960-1963
- Confronting the youth generation, 1964-1968
- Conclusion: the results of women's cold war political activism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8232-5268-X
- 0-8232-5034-2
- OCLC:
- 847713450
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