由鲍勃莱斯特
在20世纪50年代初，冷战促进了美国社会的变化和妇女的角色。再一次，妇女被要求履行美国辩护的角色 - 一方面延续美国人的人口，另一方面延伸到另一方面以促进国外的美国理想。
创造促进美国理想的更加突出的妇女组织之一是“通信委员会”。从1952年开始，该组织致于美洲，西方国家和新释放的第三世界国家的女性政治，社会和经济领导者;对他们的西方民主留下深刻印象，并支持反共产主义的十字军事。但是，该组织是如何实现其目标的，支持美国和西方的政治斗争，以赢得全球人口的心灵和思想？谁是领导者和成员？在其存在期间完成了什么？所有这些问题和更多的问题可以在档案中获得题为跨国组委会的档案馆：委员会，1952-1969。
“委员会的信件记录,1952 - 1969, provide a rich collection from which to explore gendered aspects of Cold War liberalism, the U.S. government’s clandestine and overt cultural propaganda operations, women’s relationships to U.S. foreign policy, and the varied goals and methods of women’s international organizations that interacted in United Nations forums and at international conferences during the first two decades of the Cold War. Like other Western women’s international organizations that participated at the UN through the newly established Commission on the Status of Women, the Committee advocated for women’s involvement in foreign policy making and in the post war global governance system; and like other US women’s organizations, they promoted the spread of “American values” around the globe and networking among women leaders in developed and developing nations.”1
In addition, to the Committee of Correspondence, another Archives Unbound collection provides a unique perspective on women’s roles in the Cold War through the transformation of the peace movement in the Pacific Rim area and its gradual changeover to supporting pro-Western Cold war ideals — The International Women’s Movement: The Pan Pacific Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the USA, 1950-1985.
These Archives Unbound collections provide unique support to learning through the use of primary sources. They fortify the more general historical resources, by providing an opportunity for you to “dig into the past,” discover the background of the ideas and debates that defined women’s roles in the Cold War. These collections provide an opportunity for critical thinking through an examination of the historical problems still facing America and the global community today.
1GARNER，KAREN（SUNY EMPIRE州学院），跨国妇女：谈话委员会，“关于这个系列。”金宝搏彩票Gale Cengage学习，2011年Mens Flynit Trainers