Doves of War

Description:

By examining the lives of four women caught up in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-9, Professor Preston casts a fresh light on the bitter struggle between the Nationalist rebels and the defenders of the legal, democratic Republic, and also on the domestic faction fights that bedevilled each side.

subjects: Women,  Spanish Civil War,  Biography,  History,  Personal narratives,  Women and war,  Women in war,  Vrouwen,  Spaanse burgeroorlog,  Bürgerkrieg,  Frau

People: Margarita Nelken (1896-1968),  Mercedes Sanz-Bachiller (1911-2007),  Nan Green (1904-1984),  Priscilla Scott-Ellis (1916-1983),  Carmen Polo (1900-1988)

Places: Spain

Times: 20th century,  1936-1939