Anglo-American University in Prague History and Philosophy Seminar: “Beyond Domesticity: Women and Political Activism in the Czechoslovak National Fascist Community”
Join the History and Philosophy Seminar to learn about women in facism beyond traditional gender roles.
Speaker Jakub Drabik challenges the traditional accounts of fascism which often reduce women to the roles of mothers and caregivers by exploring the neglected case of the women鈥檚 organisation Fascist Help (Fa拧istick谩 pomoc, FP) within the Czechoslovak National Fascist Community (N谩rodn铆 obec fa拧istick谩, NOF).
Drawing on archival materials, it is clear that women engaged in charity, propaganda, education, and even paramilitary support. Figures such as Marie Felixov谩 exemplify how women not only mobilised within traditional frameworks, but also shaped fascist ideology, strategy, and public activism.
The lecture situates the Czech case within broader European fascism studies, showing that women were not passive followers but central actors in imagining and pursuing a fascist national rebirth. The FP demonstrates how women in interwar Czechoslovakia navigated and redefined the boundaries between domesticity and political activism.