Catholic Women's Movements in Liberal and Fascist Italy

by H. Dawes

Overview

In the early 1900s the Catholic Church appealed, for the first time in its history, directly to women to reassert its religious, political and social relevance in Italian society. This book examines how the highly successful conservative Catholic women's movements that followed, and how they mobilized women against secular feminism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137406330
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/30/2014
Series:	Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	283
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Helena Dawes is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. Her research interests lie in Italian history, particularly women and fascism.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Italian State, the Catholic Church and Women 2. The Cultural, Political and Ideological Context of femminismo cristiano 3. Femminismo cristiano 4. The Radicalization of femminismo cristiano in Elisa Salerno 5. The Conservative Catholic Women's Movements Conclusion