From KKK members to Mussolini lovers, from Nazi to fascists, and from Australia to Kenya, this collection provides a portrait of women's active involvement in conservative, fascist, racist, and anti-democracy politics around the world. As the first comparative volume of international scope ever on the subject of right-wing women, this book provides a crucial understanding of the often important, but rarely acknowledged role women play in right-wing movements. Far from being mere puppets of their male counterparts, right-wing women are political actors in their own right, with varied interests and demands. These original essays provide a disturbing and complicated portrait of why women join such groups what beliefs they hold what they teach their children and how their actions impact the rest of the world. Essays cover a range of topics, including women in the KKK fascist women in Brazil Afrikaner nationalist women in South Africa women of the Falange Islamist women in Turkey women supp