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Revision as of 11:43, 15 February 2024
- Not to be confused with Blue Star Mothers of America
National Blue Star Mothers of America was part of the Mothers' Movement led by Catherine V. Brown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The group obtained its name in March 1943. Previously the group was called Crusading Mothers of Pennsylvania after it broke away from another group in May 1941 known as the Mothers and Daughters of Pennsylvania. In 1945 after the warโs end the group renamed itself the Current Events Club.[1] The Club stayed active thru the 1950s.
They issued a newsletter titled The Cradle of Liberty.
On April 27, 1949, the United States Attorney General officially listed the National Blue Star Mothers as fascist and subversive.
Officers
Pamphlets
- Bring the Boys Home
- "Dewey โ Roosevelt vs. Tweedle De โ Tweedle Dum" (1944 Presidential election)
See also
Notes
- โ Women of the Far Right: The Mothers' Movement and World War II, By Glen Jeansonne, page 121