Madrinas del franquismo. La Sección Femenina de Falange en Granada durante la Guerra Civil (1936-1939)

Abstract

This article aims to analyse the female fascist mobilization and the devices that enabled it possible through the study of the Seccion Femenina of Falange during the Spanish Civil War. By studying the case of the province of Granada we might approach to relate the impact that it had and to discuss its weight in order to achieve the francoist objectives during these years. This will allow us to observe how an increasing number of Spanish women were able to actively participate in the conflict, having a noteworthy role within the falangist organization in the moral, medical, and material support of the rebels’ military victory and in the foundation of feminine and social policies under francoist state.