True Catholic Womanhood

-- Women faced conflicting demands under Franco's program of National Catholicism. State-sponsored economic development created a modern consumer society, yet women were expected to remain passive and private, conforming to customary ideals of Catholic womanhood. Morcillo explores the contradictions between modernization and traditional gender expectations, adding new insights into the gender dynamics of authoritarian states. True Catholic Womanhood is essential reading for all those interested in modern Spain, Catholicism, European women's history, and authoritarian social politics.