Title: Women of the far right
First published: 1996
Description: The majority of American women supported the Allied cause during World War II and made sacrifices on the home front to benefit the war effort. But U.S. intervention was opposed by a movement led by ultraright women whose professed desire to keep their sons out of combat was mixed with militant Christianity, anticommunism, and anti-Semitism.

This book is the first history of the self-styled "mothers' movement," so called because among its component groups were the National Legion of Mothers of America, the Mothers of Sons Forum, and the National Blue Star Mothers.

Jeansonne examines the motivations of these women, the political and social impact of their movement, and their collaborations with men of the far right and also with mainstream isolationists such as Charles Lindbergh. Drawing on files kept by the FBI and other confidential documents, this book sheds light on the history of the war era and on women's place within the far right.
Subjects: History, Neutrality, Politics and government, Societies, Societies and clubs, Right-wing extremists, Women radicals, Women, Associations, Extrémistes de droite, Kriegseintritt, Femmes, Geschichte 1939-1945, Neutralité, Histoire, Frau, Politique et gouvernement, Radicales, Rechtsradikalismus, Women, united states, history, Neutrality, united states, United states, politics and government, 1933-1945, World war, 1939-1945, women, New York Times reviewed
Places: United States, États-Unis, USA
Time periods: 20th century, 1933-1945, 20e siècle
LC classification: HQ1904 .J43 1996