Battling Miss Bolsheviki: The Origins of Female Conservatism in the United States

Contents

Contents introduction 1 chapter 1. the Birth of “Miss Bolsheviki”: Women, Gender, and the red scare 19 chapter 2. the origins of the spider Web chart: Women and the construction of the Bolshevik threat 54 chapter 3. “it takes Women to Fight Women”: the emergence of Female antiradicalism 85 chapter 4. stopping the “revolution by legislation”: antiradicals unite against social Welfare reform 113 chapter 5. the “red Menace” roils the Grass roots: the conservative insurgency reshapes Women’s organizations 145 chapter 6. the legacy of Female antiradicalism 181 epilogue: From antiradicalism to anticommunism 209 acronyms for archival sources 219 notes 223 index 303 acknowledgments 311 This page intentionally left blank ...