TY - JOUR
AU - McEnaney, Laura
AB - CULTURE, GENDER, AND FOREIGN POLICY: A SYMPOSIUM He-Men and Christian Mothers: The America First Movement and the Gendered Meanings of Patriotism and Isolationism LAURA MCENANEY* The America First movement was a mostly female social movement that emerged between 1939 and 1941 amid the national debate over American neutrality. Not to be confused with the America First Committee, the mainstream conservative anti-interventionist organization that attracted politicians, business leaders, and the famed aviator, Charles Lindbergh, the America First movement was a vast network of right-wing mothers’ groups opposed to American involvement in World War 11. Joining these groups in their crusade against intervention in Europe was the Reverend Gerald L. K. Smith, an evangelical preacher turned right-wing populist politician in the 1930s. Together, this loose coalition comprised a particularly conservative *I owe thanks to Linda Gordon, Emily Rosenberg, Jennifer Frost, Brett Barker, Steve Burg, and Ben Labaree. ‘The America First Committee grew out of a small, anti-interventionist group started by a Yale law student in September 1940 and grew to be one of the most influential anti-interventionist lobbies of its time. The committee advocated a strong military defense and the preservation of American democracy in the face of European communism and 
TI - He-Men and Christian Mothers: The America First Movement and the Gendered Meanings of Patriotism and Isolationism
JF - Diplomatic History
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-7709.1994.tb00194.x
DA - 1994-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/he-men-and-christian-mothers-the-america-first-movement-and-the-RQgrWixYAg
SP - 47
EP - 57
VL - 18
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -