The role of women within the fifth column in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39)

Thesis

The thesis constitutes an original contribution to the gender historiography of the Spanish Civil War (1936-9). It examines the vital and invisible role played by anti-Republican women within Madrid’s ‘fifth column’ during the conflict. While much has been written on Republican women’s war efforts, historians have underestimated women’s participation in anti-Republican resistance activities in the Republican-held zones. The work explores how and why a small sector of Catholic women chose t...

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Authors: Flynn, A

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-veav8njy4
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Fifth column; Madrid; Saboteurs; Falange; Resistance; National-Catholicism; Civilian conflict; Spies; Defeatists; Republican; Falangism; Catholic Women; Mobilisation; Spanish Civil War; Religion; Anti-Republican; Rearguard; Women
• Subjects: Falangist, Catholic and Carlist Women in Madrid's Fifth Column during the Spanish Civil War