This seminal book challenges the common assumption that fascism is a misogynistmovement which has tended to exclude women. Using examples from Germany Italyand ... » 

This seminal book challenges the common assumption that fascism is a misogynistmovement which has tended to exclude women. Using examples from Germany Italyand France Durham analyses the rise of women in fascist organizations acrossEurope from the early twenties to the present. Unusually however the authorfocuses on British fascism and in doing so he offers valuable new perspectiveson fascist attitudes to women. Offering interesting examples of women trainingin armed combat and more generally as voters and members of fascistorganizations he highlights womens relationship to fascist policies on birthrate abortion and eugenics. «