Gender Analysis

Gender Analysis Introduction

Overview The NATO Dual Track decision in 1979 catalyzed a global movement in reaction to increased presence of nuclear missiles in the United States, West Germany, and the United Kingdom. In this paper I present a historical framework that contextualizes the well-known Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp in the United Kingdom with other women’s peace camp sites such as the Seneca Women’s Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice in New York. I argue that camps are part of a transnational movement sparked not only by the imminent threat of nuclear weapons stationed in Europe, but also recognizing the production sites near the Puget Sound, testing sites in Canada, and storage sites in New York.  This chain of production catalyzed the development of a transnational chain of women’s protest camps, creating stark contrasts with the hypermasculinity of weapons of war with the everyday domestic activities of the women’s camps.

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