Tag: Glen Jeansonne

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Glen Jeansonne
Women of the Far Right: The Mothers’ Movement and World War II
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997

NLMA, We the Mothers, and a Strategy of Entryism

The National Legion of Mothers of America (NLMA) was inspired by William Randolph Hearst, and he used his newspapers to promote the group, and thus, his preference for isolationism. (more…)

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Part 2 of 3

Glen Jeansonne
Women of the Far Right: The Mothers’ Movement and World War II
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997

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Part 1 of 3

Glen Jeansonne
Women of the Far Right: The Mothers’ Movement and World War II
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997

Women of the Far Right delves into a fascinating subject: the mothers’ movement, the loosely organized and often internally divided groups of women opposed to America’s involvement in World War II. (more…)