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"Switzerland must be a special democracy": Sociopolitical Compromise, Military Comradeship, and the Gender Order in 1930s and 1940s Switzerland
2010
The Journal of modern history
The twentieth century's two world wars not only produced hitherto unimagined destruction; in many countries they also gave new impetus to calls for emancipation in the gender order. The experiences many women had while working in "male" occupations during the war could not simply be ignored after the fighting ended. 1 The suspension of the traditional gender system provoked massive ideological opposition that attempted to define the social, economic, and military benefits of women's
doi:10.1086/650508
fatcat:xbkktl2uargn3lvun574ljnmbq