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Catholic Women’s Movements in Liberal and Fascist Italy

  • Authors
  • Helena Dawes
Book

Part of the Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements book series (PSHSM)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction
    Helena Dawes
    Pages 1-7
  3. The Italian State, the Catholic Church and Women
    Helena Dawes
    Pages 8-43
  4. The Cultural, Political and Ideological Context of Femminismo Cristiano
    Helena Dawes
    Pages 44-63
  5. Femminismo Cristiano
    Helena Dawes
    Pages 64-112
  6. The Radicalization of Femminismo Cristiano in Elisa Salerno
    Helena Dawes
    Pages 113-150
  7. The Conservative Catholic Women’s Movements
    Helena Dawes
    Pages 151-214
  8. Conclusion
    Helena Dawes
    Pages 215-218
  9. Back Matter
    Pages 219-283
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About this book

Introduction

In the early 1900s the Catholic Church appealed, for the first time in its history, directly to women to reassert its religious, political and social relevance in Italian society. This book examines how the highly successful conservative Catholic women's movements that followed, and how they mobilized women against secular feminism.

Keywords

fascism history women

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137406347
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave History Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-48794-3
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-40634-7
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