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100	1	0	_aEfthymiou, Loukia _eauthor
700	1	0	_a Garnier, Lucy _eauthor
245	0	0	_aThe communist cult of the female leader. Eugénie Cotton (1881-1967), “World Mother”
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520			_aThis article considers the rituals and ceremonies celebrating the French pro-communist activist, Eugénie Cotton, president of the Union des Femmes françaises (UFF – Union of French Women) and of the Women’s International Democratic Federation (WIDF), and the way Cotton was elevated to the rank of universal authority, exemplifying virtues not unrelated to the model of the Virgin Mary. This exploration of the enactment of the female version of the cult of the leader in the communist world during the Cold War contrasts with the masculine focus of the substantial historiographical production of the last twenty years on this topic. The paper examines the circumstances that gave birth to the “Cotton cult,” the key moments in its evolution, the mechanisms of its diffusion, and the gender shifts in the process of its invention.
690			_aCold War
690			_acult of the leader
690			_aEugénie Cotton
690			_apacifism
690			_aUFW
690			_aWIDF
690			_aCold War
690			_acult of the leader
690			_aEugénie Cotton
690			_apacifism
690			_aUFF
690			_aUFW
690			_aWIDF
786	0		_nClio. Women, Gender, History | o 57 | 1 | 2023-06-07 | p. 161-172 | 1252-7017
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-clio-women-gender-history-2023-1-page-161?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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