República y Guerra Civil: una perspectiva de género

This article describes experiences and actions of women during the Second Spanish Republic (1931-39) and the Spanish Civil War, which was fought from 1936 to 1939. Republicans loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Republic fought against a revolt by the Nationalists, an alliance of Falangists, monarchists and conservatives, led by a military group among whom General Francisco Franco. Women played an important role in the Spanish Civil War. "República y Guerra Civil: una perspectiva de género" (Republic and Civil War: A Gender Perspective) was published in the journal República i republicanisme, which is a collection of historical texts and articles put together as a resource of the Department of Modern and Contemporary History of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, with the support of the Centre of Contemporary History of Catalonia.