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Milicianas - Women in Combat in the Spanish Civil War (Paperback)
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Milicianas - Women in Combat in the Spanish Civil War (Paperback)
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During the first few days of the Spanish Civil War, women played an
integral role in the spontaneous uprising that prevented the
immediate success of the Nationalist coup. Around one thousand of
these women went on to join the militias who fought at the front.
Women also played an important role in the defense of cities, with
another several thousand forming sections of the armed rearguard.
Indeed, women's participation in the anti-fascist resistance
constituted one of the greatest mass political mobilizations of
women in Spain's history. Milicianas provides a comprehensive
picture of what life was like for the women who fought during the
first year of the civil war, focusing on how the women themselves
viewed this experience. It demonstrates that the significance of
the miliciana phenomenon lies in the fact that these women took up
arms in relatively large numbers, were self-motivated, participated
in combat equally with their male comrades, and played an extensive
and sophisticated military role. By late 1936, attitudes towards
women in combat began to change drastically, and by March 1937, the
majority of milicianas had been removed from their combat
positions. Though there existed a consensus around this issue among
the male leadership of both the Republican government and left-wing
political groups, female combatants viewed this turn of events
differently. The majority of the milicianas had deep reservations
about their recall from the front, and saw it as a retreat from the
gains women had made during the war and revolution. Indeed, while
the political leadership within the Republic presented numerous
arguments for why it was necessary to remove women from combat,
this book argues that the reason it was initially considered
acceptable for women to fight, and then seen as undesirable eight
months later, was connected to the course of the social revolution.
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