Women and Spanish Fascism

Kathleen Richmond is assistant headteacher at Sandown High School on the Isle of Wight, where she has taught A Level Spanish for many years. She has close ties with Salamanca, where she first became interested in the Civil War and the issue of women in the Franco regime. In 2000, she completed a Ph.D at the University of Southampton, fulfilling a long-held ambition to carry out research. Further work on Sección Femeniña and the writing of this book have followed and she continues to spend as much time as possible in Spain.

• Introduction1. Starting the Revolution: SF's Programme for All Women2. The Construction of Ideology: Rituals, Icons and Private Spaces3. Modernity and Reaction: SF and Religion4. Loyalty, Influence and Moral Authority: SF 1936-19495. Continuing the Revolution: SF 1945-19596. Gender, Class and the SF Mandos Conclusion