Daughters of the resistance, 1943-1946 -- Cold War housewives? 1947-1949 -- Mothers for peace, 1950-1955 -- The push for autonomy and women's rights, 1956-1959 -- Opening to the center, 1960-1963 -- Confronting the youth generation, 1964-1968 -- Conclusion: the results of women's cold war political activism.