Fearless Women in the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Civil War
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: November 14, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780826216113
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; European history: from c 1900 -; Women's studies; Women's Studies - General; Social Science; Mexico; Sociology; Women revolutionaries; Spain; Latin America - Mexico; Revolutionary; Women's Studies - History; Caribbean & Latin American; History; Revolution; Women
First sentence: In February 1936, after two years of conservative and often repressive rule in Spain, the leftist multiparty coalition of the Popular Front won a massive electoral victory.
Description: "Study of the role women played in the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Civil War. Examines female figures such as the soldaderas of the Mexican Revolution and the milicianas of the Spanish Civil War and the intersection of gender, revolution, and culture in both the Mexican and the Spanish contexts"--Provided by publisher.