Catholic Women's Movements in Liberal and Fascist Italy
Description
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.
Keywords
HistoryEuropeItalySocial HistorySocial ScienceSociology of ReligionGender StudiesModernSociology
2014Book
Author(s)H. Dawes
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137406330
LanguageEnglish
