Description
Book SynopsisThis text explores the reasons that approximately one million American women joined right-wing organizations during the Great Depression and World War II. Radical right leaders, such as Elizabeth Dilling and Grace Wick, held ideas similar to those of European Fascists.
Trade Review"A must-read for scholars of twentieth-century American politics and women."—History
"A remarkable compilation of research and analysis."—NWSA Journal
"This book succeeds in assembling a large body of information about heretofore obscure right-wing women activists."—Journal of Social History
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Mobilizing
2. Elizabeth Dilling, Right-Wing Evangelist
3. Grace Wick, Disillusioned Democrat
4. "This Sphere Is Woman's Home"
5. "It's Up to the Women"
6. Right-Wing Women Leaders
7. Political Action during the War Years
8. "I Enlisted in this Fight for Life"
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
