Senoritas in blue; the making of a female political elite in Franco's Spain; the national leadership of the Seccion Femenina de la Falange (1936-1977).

9781845193140

Senoritas in blue; the making of a female political elite in Franco's Spain; the national leadership of the Seccion Femenina de la Falange (1936-1977).

Ofer, Inbal.

Sussex Academic Press

2009

160 pages

$65.00

Hardcover

Sussex studies in Spanish history

HQ1236

A historian specializing in 20th-century Spain and gender, Ofer argues that the organization she examines here, despite its deep financial and ideological ties with the fascist dictatorship, used its formal political connection to promote an autonomous social and political agenda that greatly improved the lives of Francoist women. She discusses education, professional training, and the Civil War experience; the genealogy of a gender identity; gender legislation; and the struggle for the Institute of Physical Education and Competitive Sports for Women. Distributed in the US by ISBS.

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