Jasmine Calver. Anti-Fascism, Gender, and International Communism.

Contents

Introduction

Communist Conceptions of Fascism, 1922–1935

The Amsterdam-Pleyel Movement

1 – The Women of the Comité Mondial des Femmes Contre la Guerre et le Fascisme

Experimentations and Engagements with Communism

Conceptions of Anti-Fascism

National and International Activist Connections

Conclusion

2 – Sites of Anti-Fascist Collaboration and Exchange: CMF Congresses

Congress Appeals

Delegate Composition

The Communist Character of the Congresses

Speeches

Conclusion

3 – The Comité mondial des femmes contre la guerre et le fascisme, the Soviet Union, and the Comintern

Personal Communications between the Comité and Soviet Women

Anti-Fascist Women as Political Tourists

Conclusion

4 – The European Campaigns of the Comité mondial des femmes contre la guerre et le fascisme

Mujeres and Milicianas: The Spanish Civil War Campaign

‘The Return of the Housewife’: Campaigns against the Nazi Party’s Policies on Women

Conclusion

5 – The Global Campaigns of the Comité mondial des femmes Contre la Guerre et le fascisme

‘The Long, Endless Ordeal of Our Mothers’: Feminine Approaches to the Italian Invasion of Abyssinia

‘To-day China Is Near Us and So Are Her People’: Responses to the Humanitarian Crises of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Conclusion

6 – Campaigning on a National Scale

Universal Suffrage in France

Women’s Right to Work

Women’s Reproductive Rights

Conclusion

7 – Traditional Femininity as a Tool of Women’s Emancipation

Advice for the Self

Advice for Women as Mothers

Conclusion

Conclusion

Appendix: The CMF’s Political Action Plan for Spain, 1936/1937

Bibliography