Citation

Fleischmann EL. J. Palest. Stud. 2000; 29(3): 16-32.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, University of California Press for Kuwait University and the Institute for Palestine Studies)

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Abstract

In 1929, Palestinian women inaugurated their involvement in organized political activism with the founding of a women's movement. This article examines the first ten years of that movement, highlighting its contradictions, strategies, and achievements against the background of mounting political conflict and the Arab Revolt. Arguing that the movement, though not "feminist" in the contemporary sense, had a pronounced gender consciousness, the author shows how the women's implicit critique of gender norms constituted a major element in their oppositional strategies and tactics.