Transnational feminism's radical past: Lessons from Italian immigrant women anarchists in industrializing America

Journal of Women's History

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-33

  Guglielmo, Jennifer ^a  

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EID: 77950185865     PISSN: 10427961     EISSN: 15272036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jowh.0.0129     Document Type: Article

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