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The rise of women's transnational activism : identity and sisterhood between the world wars
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The rise of women's transnational activism : identity and sisterhood between the world wars / Marie Sandell.
ISBN
9781848856714
1848856717
9780857737304
Publication
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
Copyright Notice Date
©2015.
Physical Description
xii, 292 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary
Explores the rapid expansion of women's activism in the interwar period, when leading organisations made advances into the non-Western world and memberships grew rapidly.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 10, 2020
Series
International library of twentieth century history ; 36.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index.
Contents
Establishing an international framework. The internationalisation of the women's movement prior to 1919 ; International women's organisations in the 1920s ; International women's organisations in the 1930s
Education, travel and regionalisation. The International Federation of University Women ; The travels of international women's organisations in the interwar period ; The challenge of regional women's organisations from the late 1920s
Conclusion : an 'international sisterhood'?
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