Women in Hungarian Politics, 1945-1951

by Peto, Andrea

• ISBN13: 9780880335102
• ISBN10: 0880335106
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: East European Monographs

Summary

Based on extensive primary source material and oral history interviews, this book is the first comprehensive study of women's political involvement in post-World War II Hungary. It addresses the impact of the spread of communism and describes how some key organizations, such as the Feminist Association, various Jewish women's societies, and the women's section of the Social Democratic and Smallholders'Party gradually ceased to exist and were replaced by a single communist-dominated women's organization. The book includes a case study of women who entered the police force, a profession previously closed to them. A chapter is devoted to the life stories of communist women activists appointed to key positions after 1945.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables
Introduction
Political Parties and Women's Movements in Hungary Between 1945 and 1951	p. 1
The History of Hungarian Women's Associations, 1945 to 1951	p. 11
The History of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarian Women, 1945 to 1951	p. 29
The History of the Social Democratic Women's Movement From 1945 until the Merger	p. 61
The History of the Feminist Association from the End of the Second World War to the Banning of the Association	p. 79
The Women's Programme of the Smallholders Party	p. 93
Hungarian Jewish Women's Associations Between 1945 and 1951	p. 99
Life Stories of Women Politicians in the Underground Communist Movement	p. 109
The Construction of Emotions in the Hungarian Underground Communist Movement	p. 123
The Movement's Women Soldiers - Women in Uniform	p. 139
Conclusions: Theoretical Aspects of Women's Policy and Women's Politics in Hungary after 1945	p. 159
Illustrations	p. 164
Tables	p. 167
Notes	p. 173
Index	p. 195
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