The Palgrave handbook of communist women activists around the world / Francisca de Haan, editor.
This Handbook addresses the role of women in communism as a global, social and political movement for the first time, exploring their lives, forms of activism, political strategies and transnational networks. Comprising twenty-five chapters, based on new and primary research, the book presents the l...
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Towards a Global History of Communist Women; Francisca de Haan
- Part I: Global Foremothers
- 2. Clara Zetkin (18571933): A Rebel Building the Socialist and Communist International Women's Movements; Florence Herve
- 3. Alexandra Kollontai (18721952): Communism as the Only Way Towards Womens Liberation; Natalia Novikova and Kristen Ghodsee
- 4. A Right to be Radical: Claudia Jones (19151964) and the "Super-Exploitation of the Black Woman"; Carole Boyce Davies
- Part II: Europe
- 5. Helen Crawfurd (18771954): Scottish Suffragette and International Communist; Kiera Wilkins
- 6. Ana Pauker (18931960): The Infamous Romanian Woman Communist Leader; Stefan Bosomitu and Luciana Jinga
- 7. Dolores Ibarruri, Pasionaria (18951989): Communist Woman of Steel, Global Icon; Mercedes Yusta Rodrigo
- 8. Teresa Noce (19001980): A Communist "Professional Revolutionary" in Twentieth-Century Italy; Eloisa Betti and Debora Migliucci
- 9. Edwarda Orowska (19061977): A Story of Communist Activism in Poland Told in Words and Silences; Katarzyna Stanczak-Wislicz
- 10. Nina Vasilievna Popova (19081994): "Woman in the Land of Socialism"; Alexandra Talaver
- Part III: Asia
- 11. Deng Yingchao (19041992): A Feminist Leader in the Chinese Communist Party; Wang Zheng
- 12. Pak Chong-ae: From Red Labor Unions to the Korean Democratic Womens Union; Suzy Kim
- 13. Iijima Aiko (19322005): A Feminists Fight Against Discrimination in Japan; Akiko Takenaka
- 14. Nguyen Thi Binh (b. 1927): "The Flower and Fire of the Revolution"; An Thuy Nguyen
- 15. Umi Sardjono (19232011) and the Quest to Build a New Society for Indonesian Women; Katharine McGregor and Ruth Indiah Rahayu
- 16. Behice Boran (19101987): A Committed Communist Woman in Cold War Turkey; Sercan Cnar
- Part IV: Africa and the Middle East
- 17. Naziha al-Dulaimi (19232007) and the Anticolonial Struggle in Iraq; Noga Efrati
- 18. "Not Only the Countrys Independence, Mine Too!" Arlette Bourgel, an Algerian Jewish Communist (b. 1928); Pierre-Jean Le Foll-Luciani
- 19. Aoua Keita (19121980): Anti-Colonial Activist, Nationalist Politician, and Feminist in Mali (West Africa); Pascale Barthelemy and Ophelie Rillon
- Part V: Oceania
- 20. "A Key Person Internationally" Freda Brown (19192009), Australian Activist; Lisa Milner
- 21. Dancing for the Revolution: Rona Bailey, New Zealand Artist Activist (19142005); Cybele Locke
- Part 6: The Americas
- 22. Jeanne Corbin (19061944): A Canadian Communist Militant in a Mans World; Andree Levesque
- 23. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (18901964): Mortal Enemy of Capitalism; Lara Vapnek
- 24. Gachita Amador (18911961), Between Two Loves: Communist Action and Guignol Theater; Veronica Oikion Solano
- 25. Vilma Espin (19302007): Forging a New Woman Within the Cuban Revolution; Ailynn Torres Santana and Michelle Chase
- 26. "When My Life Goes Out": Biography of the Argentinian Communist Activist Fanny Edelman (19112011); Adriana Valobra and Natalia Casola.