Abstract (may include machine translation)
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Boulder |
| Publisher | East European Monographs |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-88033-510-2 |
| State | Published - 2003 |