Free Women of Spain: Anarchism and the Struggle for the Emancipation of Women

ISBN: 0253301203

Author: Ackelsberg, Martha A.

Condition: New

"When historians take women's movements and gender differences in organizations . . . seriously, this book will become part of the canon. . . . a forthright effort to view women's participation in politics in exciting new ways." -American Historical Review"The work not only fills a gap in knowledge of women's radical politics, but also addresses current concerns of feminist scholars." -Choice"The book brings us something of the excitement of the revolutionary possibility lived by these women-and the frustration of their encounter with male resistance to including women's emancipation in the revolutionary program." -Signs"Theirs is a story of commitment and creativity, of steadfastness and practicality, of communal endeavour and the bleak individual fate of defeat, hardship, and exile." -Gender and History"Ackelsberg, in the roles of both historian and activist, has crafted a volume that speaks to a wide variety of interests. . . . Her story is rich with the memories and voices of women . . . " -The Women's Review of Books"The author examines the autonomous women's liberation organization in late-1930s Spain, which represented an alternative to the individualistic perspectives characterizing mainstream feminist movements of the time." -Smith Alumnae Quarterly" . . . particularly strong on the ideology and organization of this radical women's group of the late 1930s." -Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies Bulletin"Ackelsberg gives the reader a fine explanation of the Spanish events, the general perspective of anarchism and the inspiring goals and struggles of Mujeres Libres." -Fifth EstateAckelsberg explores the development of Mujeres Libres, founded in 1936 during the Civil War in Spain as an organization dedicated to the liberation of women from their triple enslavement-to ignorance, as women, and as producers.