Free Women of Spain: Anarchism and the Struggle for the Emancipation of Women

289 Pages·2004·16.78 MB·English

by  Martha Ackelsberg

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Contents
Acknowledgemen.t.s. ..............................7 .
Abbreviati.o.n.s. .............................1.1. ...
Prefacteo t heA K PresEsd iti.o.n. ...................1. .5
Introduct.i.o.n. ..............................2.1.. ..
AnarchiRsetv olutainodnt heL iberatoifoW no men ......3.7.
CommunitMyo bilizatainodn U nioOnr ganization
Women and theS panisAhn archiMsotv ement. .....6.1.
CiviWla ra ndS ociaRle volut.i.on. ................8.9. ...
TheF oundinogfM ujereLsi bre.s.. ..... . . . . .... . . . . . .1.15
EducatifoonrE mpowerment
PreparataisoR ne voluti.o.n. .................14.7. ..
Separataen d Equal?
Dilemmaosf R evoltuionaMroyb ilizat.i.o.n. .....1. 7.7 ..
Conclusion
Communitayn d theE mpowermenotf W omen . . . . .. . 199
Interviweiwt hG eertD hondt. ...................2.21. ...
Appendice.s. ...............................2.3.0. ..
Notes. . . . . . . ..... . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . .2.3. 4
Glossa.r.y. .....................................2 .7.9
Inde.x ..........................................2.81
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