Leftist Armed Struggle, Women in

Katharina Karcher

doi:10.1002/9781118663219.wbegss733

Leftist Armed Struggle, Women in

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The active involvement of women constitutes a distinctive feature of revolutionary leftist movements. Since the late nineteenth century, women have not only constituted a significant part of their membership, they have also taken central positions in armed leftist struggles. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples from Syria, France, Spain, Greece, Germany, and many other countries, this entry shows that women joined armed leftist struggles for a range of reasons, developed different ideological frameworks, and held different views on feminism.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Editors	Nancy Naples, Renee C. Hoogland, Maithree Wickramasinghe, Angela Wong
Place of Publication	Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Publisher	Blackwell-Wiley
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781498729543
ISBN (Print)	9781405196949
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118663219.wbegss733
Publication status	Published - 6 May 2016

Keywords

armed conflict/armed struggles
communism
politics
revolutions
Western Europe

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