Fighting the Red Menace: Irish Women and Global Anti-Communism, 1919-1939

What role did Irish women play in the global spread of anti-communism between 1919 and 1939? This project investigates the diversity of Irish women’s anti-communist activism, including through connections with right-wing groups in the Irish diaspora in Britain, the US and Australia. It focuses on a critical period in the development of global anti-communism, spanning from the Irish War of Independence and the first US Red Scare to the Spanish Civil War. Combining transnational history with gender studies’ approaches, this project analyses a neglected form of Irish women’s political participation and examines the politics of gender on the right.

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship