Abstract
This article addresses Salazarism's attitudes towards women and women's organizations, providing some elements that may be used in comparison with the other dictatorships (e.g. Italian Fascism) that inspired, to some extent, some of the Portuguese New State's Institutions.
Also available in Portuguese: "O Salazarismo e as Mulheres - Uma Abordagem Comparativa", Penélope, 17, 1997, pp. 71-94.