L’Associazionismo internazionale delle donne tra diritti, democrazia, politiche di pace. 1888-1939
Author(s)
Guerra, Elda
Date Issued
July 13, 2012
Type
Doctoral Thesis
Abstract
The thesis explores the history of the international women's associations from their birth - in the eighties of the Nineteenth- up on the eve of the Second World War. In particular, the research focuses on the three main international organizations: International Women’s Council, International Woman Alliance, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, their politics, conflicts, and differences. A specific part is devoted to the Italian case.
The central hypothesis of the research is the existence of a political culture produced by the women’s movements as the expression of an autonomous political and social subject. Developed by female generations in the Western world, belonging to middle and upper middle classes, to overcome the asymmetries in gender relations, this culture challenged the great issues that have permeated the history of the first decades of the century: patriotism and pacifism in the face of World War I; institutional organization of peaceful coexistence; the confrontation between democracy and totalitarianism in the crisis of the Thirties. The thesis outlines the features, the continuities and changes , with specific attention to the relationship between democracy and women's rights, internationalism and transnationalism, peace policies and the dilemma between absolute pacifism and acceptance of a new war in the heart of Europe in defence of democracy. The work is based on a rich body of sources held in the main archives and specialized libraries in Europe and the United States.
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Dottorato di ricerca in Storia d’Europa: società, istituzioni e sistemi politici europei,19.-20. secolo
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