Between Transnational Cooperation and Nationalism: The Little Entente of Women in Czechoslovakia

Focusing on the involvement of feminist activist women from Czechoslovakia in the Little Entente of Women (LEW), this article examines the ideological and political limits of transnational cooperation within such an international organization, one that aimed to promote women’s rights and pacifism in...

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Published in:Aspasia (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2022-06, Vol.16 (1), p.56-78
Main Author: Kovacova, Gabriela Dudekova
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Activists
Archives & records
Associations, institutions, etc
Cooperation
Councils
Czech literature
Equal rights
Equality
Feminism
Gender equity
Ideology
International cooperation
International organizations
Nation states
Nationalism
Pacifism
Political activism
Political leadership
Politics
Transnationalism
Women
Women political activists
Women's rights
Womens rights
Womens rights movements
World War I
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Summary:Focusing on the involvement of feminist activist women from Czechoslovakia in the Little Entente of Women (LEW), this article examines the ideological and political limits of transnational cooperation within such an international organization, one that aimed to promote women’s rights and pacifism in Central and Eastern Europe. The case of Czechoslovakia suggests that deep, ideological divisions between liberal feminist and conservative nationalist threads within the LEW’s national branch seriously undermined eff orts at unity and “global sisterhood” on the international level. It became possible to overcome ideological and political differences in the 1920s without questioning the very existence of the LEW. However, the antirevisionist political agenda of states involved in the LEW was a decisive factor in its reorganization. This article characterizes the rather limited impact of the LEW’s activities in Czechoslovakia and presents new details on its reorganization in the 1930s.
ISSN:1933-2882
1933-2890
DOI:10.3167/asp.2022.160105