Anti-Fascism, Gender, and International Communism provides a comprehensive history of the Comite mondial des femmes contre la guerre et le fascisme (CMF), an international women-s organisation concerned with confronting the impact of fascism on women and children across the globe.
Women played an essential role in the international struggle against fascism during the interwar period, although a focus on the efforts of men and political figures by the historiography has largely overshadowed women-s interventions against right-wing dictatorships. Through an examination of the committee-s key figures, strategies, connections, and campaigns, this book offers a significant contribution to the histories of both women-s activism and anti-fascist activism by positioning the CMF as an important contributor to international political advocacy in the interwar period. Further, the group-s association with international communism and the burgeoning Popular Front movement p
