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- catalog abstract ""Much has been written about the Spanish Civil War's effects on Spain and its citizens, but little attention has been paid to the women involved in the conflict. In this biographical work, Paul Preston tells the forgotten war stories of four exceptional women of different nationalities, backgrounds, and ideologies whose lives were starkly altered by the war." "The portraits in this volume mirror the war itself, with the left pitted against the right. On the left are Margarita Nelken, the revolutionary feminist, writer, and politician who is juggling anxieties for her son and daughter with her frantic efforts to strengthen the Republican war effort against Franco; and Nan Green, the communist nurse who left her children behind in England to fight against fascism alongside her husband in the International Brigades. On the right are Mercedes Sanz-Bachiller, who, devastated by a miscarriage on hearing of her husband's death in battle, entered politics and became the most powerful woman in the Francoist zone; and Priscilla Scott-Ellis, the wealthy English socialite who traveled to Spain with the naive hope of marrying the Spanish prince she so unrequitedly loved, and stayed to help the fascist war effort as a nurse on the front lines." "Drawing on documentary materials, letters, diaries, and memoirs, Preston follows the four from birth to death to show how, as women, wives, and mothers, they were affected by the political struggles of the 1930s, and how their lives were traumatized and forever changed by the Spanish Civil War and its consequences. Despite their different nationalities, social origins, and beliefs, these remarkable women are linked by their courage, determination, intelligence, compassion, and readiness to make personal sacrifices for others."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12766353.
- catalog coverage "Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Women.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Much has been written about the Spanish Civil War's effects on Spain and its citizens, but little attention has been paid to the women involved in the conflict. In this biographical work, Paul Preston tells the forgotten war stories of four exceptional women of different nationalities, backgrounds, and ideologies whose lives were starkly altered by the war." "The portraits in this volume mirror the war itself, with the left pitted against the right. On the left are Margarita Nelken, the revolutionary feminist, writer, and politician who is juggling anxieties for her son and daughter with her frantic efforts to strengthen the Republican war effort against Franco; and Nan Green, the communist nurse who left her children behind in England to fight against fascism alongside her husband in the International Brigades. On the right are Mercedes Sanz-Bachiller, who, devastated by a miscarriage on hearing of her husband's death in battle, entered politics and became the most powerful woman in the Francoist zone; and Priscilla Scott-Ellis, the wealthy English socialite who traveled to Spain with the naive hope of marrying the Spanish prince she so unrequitedly loved, and stayed to help the fascist war effort as a nurse on the front lines." "Drawing on documentary materials, letters, diaries, and memoirs, Preston follows the four from birth to death to show how, as women, wives, and mothers, they were affected by the political struggles of the 1930s, and how their lives were traumatized and forever changed by the Spanish Civil War and its consequences. Despite their different nationalities, social origins, and beliefs, these remarkable women are linked by their courage, determination, intelligence, compassion, and readiness to make personal sacrifices for others."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-451) and index.".
- catalog description "Priscilla Scott-Ellis : all for love -- Nan Green : a great deal of loneliness -- Mercedes Sanz-Bachiller : so easy to judge -- Margarita Nelken : a full measure of pain.".
- catalog extent "x, 469 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Doves of war.".
- catalog identifier "1555535607 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Doves of war.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston, Mass. : Northeastern University Press,".
- catalog relation "Doves of war.".
- catalog spatial "Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Women.".
- catalog spatial "Spain".
- catalog subject "946.081/082 21".
- catalog subject "DP269.8.W7 P74 2003".
- catalog subject "Green, Nan.".
- catalog subject "Nelken, Margarita, 1896-1968.".
- catalog subject "Sanz Bachiller, Mercedes.".
- catalog subject "Scott-Ellis, Priscilla, 1916-1983.".
- catalog subject "Women Spain Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Priscilla Scott-Ellis : all for love -- Nan Green : a great deal of loneliness -- Mercedes Sanz-Bachiller : so easy to judge -- Margarita Nelken : a full measure of pain.".
- catalog title "Doves of war : four women of Spain / Paul Preston.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".