| Description |
xix, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Women of the far right : the mothers' movement and World War II / Glen Jeansonne. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: The Context of the World War II Mothers' Movement -- 2: Elizabeth Dilling and the Genesis of a Movement -- 3: The Fifth Column -- 4: The National Legion of Mothers of America -- 5: Cathrine Curtis and the Women's National Committee to Keep the U.S. Out of War -- 6: Dilling and the Crusade against Lend-Lease -- 7: Lyrl Clark Van Hyning and We the Mothers Mobilize for America -- 8: The Mothers' Movement in the Midwest: Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Detroit -- 9: The Mothers' Movement in the East: Philadelphia and New York -- 10: Agnes Waters: The Lone Wolf of Dissent -- 11: The Mass Sedition Trial -- 12: The Postwar Mothers' Movement -- 13: The Significance of the Mothers' Movement -- Epilogue: "Can We All Get Along?" -- Notes -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Women United States Societies and clubs History 20th century, Neutrality United States Societies, etc, Neutrality United States History 20th century, Women radicals United States History 20th century, Right-wing extremists United States History 20th century, United States Politics and government 1933-1945 |
| Summary |
The majority of American women supported the Allied cause during World War II and made sacrifices on the home front to benefit the war effort. But U.S. intervention was opposed by a movement led by ultraright women whose professed desire to keep their sons out of combat was mixed with militant Christianity, anticommunism, and anti-Semitism. This book is the first history of the self-styled "mothers' movement," so called because among its component groups were the National Legion of Mothers of America, the Mothers of Sons Forum, and the National Blue Star Mothers. Jeansonne examines the motivations of these women, the political and social impact of their movement, and their collaborations with men of the far right and also with mainstream isolationists such as Charles Lindbergh. Drawing on files kept by the FBI and other confidential documents, this book sheds light on the history of the war era and on women's place within the far right |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-255) and index |
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Neutrality -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Right-wing extremists -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Neutrality -- United States -- Societies, etc.
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Women radicals -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 20th century.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140464
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| LC no. |
95035974 |
| ISBN |
0226395871 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226395898 (paperback) |
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