Our War Too: American Women Against the Axis
Title | Our War Too: American Women Against the Axis |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2002 |
Authors | Paton-Walsh, Margaret |
Number of Pages | 238 |
Publisher | University Press of Kansas |
City | Lawrence |
Abstract | In the late 1930s, a number of American women - especially those allied with various peace and isolationist groups - protested against the nation's entry into World War II. While their story is fairly well known, Margaret Paton-Walsh reveals a far less familiar story of women who fervently felt that American intervention was absolutely necessary. Paton-Walsh recounts how the United States became involved in the war, but does so through the eyes of American women who faced it as a necessary evil. Covering the period between 1935 and 1941, she examines how these women functioned as political actors - even though they were excluded from positions of power - through activism in women's organizations, informal women's networks, and even male-dominated lobbying groups. |
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