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Hoffnungen auf eine bessere Welt: Die frühen Jahre der IDFF-WIDF (1945-1950) (de Haan, 2009)
Hopes for a better world: the early years of the WIDF 1945-1950 (de Haan, 2009)
Francisca de Haan's article (German, Feministische Studien 2009) on the WIDF's early years 1945-50: founding congress in Paris, leaders Cotton, Ibarruri and Popova, and the destruction of the US affiliate by HUAC. Background on the federation Gerwani later joined.
Artikel Francisca de Haan (Jerman, Feministische Studien 2009) tentang tahun-tahun awal WIDF 1945-50: kongres pendirian di Paris, pimpinan Cotton, Ibarruri dan Popova, dan penghancuran afiliasi AS oleh HUAC. Latar federasi yang kemudian diikuti Gerwani.
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- 2009
- Creator
- de Haan
- Document type
- journal article (scholarly journal article (translated; history of international women's organisations))
- Language
- German; English
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- Scholarship
- Source role
- secondary
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- Germany
- Period
- 1999–present
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- UCalgary Primo (Unpaywall link) -> De Gruyter Brill · source link
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- Downloaded 2026-10-15 via Nath's Chrome (see 'Download Log 2026-10-15.csv'; the entry could not be checked in the cloud copy of the October log). Publisher PDF ('© Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart' on p. 241; now De Gruyter), likely obtained through a library licence or the publisher's archive rather than open access [verify]. Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
- Citation (APA)
- de Haan, F. (2009). Hoffnungen auf eine bessere Welt: Die frühen Jahre der Internationalen Demokratischen Frauenföderation (IDFF/WIDF) (1945–1950) [Hopes for a better world: The early years of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF), 1945–1950] (R. Othmer, Trans.). Feministische Studien, 27(2), 241–257.
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- 02 Secondary Sources/2.3 WIDF, Afro-Asian Solidarity and Women's Internationalism/de Haan (2009) - Hoffnungen auf eine bessere Welt, Die fruehen Jahre der Internationalen Demokratischen Frauenfoederation (IDFF-WIDF) (1945-1950).pdf
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- Poor (0.71) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
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- 02 Secondary Sources › 2.3 WIDF, Afro-Asian Solidarity and Women's Internationalism
- Summary basis
- condensed from full annotation
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