Algerian women’s militant action exceeded the resistance-fighter comparison

Evidence

In the face of the extraordinary success of this new form of popular combat, observers have compared the action of the Algerian women to that of certain women resistance fighters or even secret agents of the specialized services. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 171

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Martyred women militants replaced marriage as the model for Algerian female identity; Militant women replaced marriageable women as aspirational models in Algeria — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 365; The revolution redefined manly virility as patriotic combat for Algerian women (+3 more)

Related

• Martyred women militants replaced marriage as the model for Algerian female identity (similarity 0.93)
• Militant women replaced marriageable women as aspirational models in Algeria (similarity 0.92)
• National liberation opened up new roles for Algerian women (similarity 0.90)
• Armed revolutionary participation permanently transformed Algerian women’s self-identity and social role (similarity 0.90)
• Revolutionary struggle fused national liberation with women’s liberation in Algeria (similarity 0.90)
• Colonial violence forced Algerian leaders to adopt women as combatants (similarity 0.90)
• Joint political struggle restructured Algerian gender relations from within (similarity 0.90)
• Algerian liberation struggle itself forged new gender values preceding independence (similarity 0.90)
• The revolution affected Algerian women’s lives more profoundly than any other domain (similarity 0.89)
• The revolution redefined manly virility as patriotic combat for Algerian women (similarity 0.87)
• The unveiled Algerian woman functioned as an essential operative in the revolutionary network. (similarity 0.87)
• Guerrilla war gave Algerian women their first experience of equality with men (similarity 0.87)
• Making the Revolution depend on women’s action was a wholly revolutionary step (similarity 0.86)
• The Revolution dissolved patriarchal jealousy between Algerian men and women (similarity 0.86)
• Algerian women’s traditional seclusion made them the hardest nucleus of anti-colonial resistance (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Militant women replaced marriageable women as aspirational models in Algeria #expands (0.70) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 365
• Armed revolutionary participation permanently transformed Algerian women’s self-identity and social role #expands (0.70)
• The revolution redefined manly virility as patriotic combat for Algerian women #expands (0.60)
• Algerian liberation struggle itself forged new gender values preceding independence #corroborates (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 368
• National liberation opened up new roles for Algerian women #expands (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 364