Institut für Geschichte der Univ. Wien: Reihe „Geschichte am Mittwoch“ in Koop. mit „fernetzt. Junges Forschungsnetzwerk Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte“ (Web)
Zeit: 14.10.2026, 18.30 s.t.-20.00 Uhr
Ort: Univ. Wien, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien, Hörsaal 30 – und virtueller Raum
The co-operative movement stood out within the international socialist labor movement for its ideologically mixed membership and for collaboration between social democrats and communists during the interwar and post-World War II periods. This lecture examines the post-World War II history of the International Co-operative Women’s Guild (ICWG), an international women’s labor organization founded in the early 1920s to represent working-class housewives and address issues such as peace, co-operative economics, and unpaid reproductive labor. It explores how Cold War divisions shaped relationships within the ICWG and affected its overall organizational politics and dynamics. The analysis emphasizes how co-operative women with differing ideological positions, including those from socialist Yugoslavia who did not align with either „bloc“, managed tensions and fostered collaboration within the ICWG.
Moderation: Veronika Helfert
Jelena Tešija (Zagreb) is a PhD candidate at CEU in Vienna, specializing in gender and labor history. Her dissertation examines the complex dynamics between social democrats and communists within the International Co-operative Women’s Guild from the 1920s to the 1960s. She has been working as a research assistant at the Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana.
Online-Zugang: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/67020915384?pwd=EEPfQMpYE13aoEZYcYiSRp8vDs93HC.1

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