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Feminist Review (1994) 47, 33–56. doi:10.1057/fr.1994.20
Mothering on the Lam: Politics, Gender Fantasies and Maternal Thinking in Women Associated with Armed, Clandestine Organizations in the United States
This paper was presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings in Pittsburgh, PA, in August 1992. Research was funded in part by a Presidential Faculty Development Grant from the SUNY Research Foundation. The author wishes to thank Professors Donatella della Porta, Berenice Fischer, Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, Alberto Melucci, Irma Josefina O'Neill, Rayna Rapp, David Schwartz, Verta Taylor, Gilbert Zicklin and the members of the ProSeminar in Collective Action and State Formation at the New School for Social Research, especially Ariel Salzman, for their helpful comments.
The author also wishes to thank all the women who participated in the interviews. In many cases, the interviews were conducted under highly stressful conditions. Their co-operation and candour is greatly appreciated.
Gilda Zwerman is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Programme at SUNY College at Old Westbury.
Gilda Zwerman
