North Queensland Women and the Popular Front of 1935-40

Abstract

In July 1935 the Seventh Comintern Congress, meeting in Moscow, announced that from that date all Communist Party activities were to be subordinated to the fight against international fascism. The new policy—the Popular Front—aimed at securing alliances with other anti-fascist groups and at broadening the base of the Party itself, to facilitate an attack on the growing power of the fascist regimes. Contributing to the success was a remarkably strong and independent women's movement which grew up in the region during the late 1930's and early 1940'