The newspaper “Agonistria” [Female Fighter], published by the women of the Greek Communist Party (KKE) during the Civil War, 1949

During the Greek Civil War (1946-1949), many women participated in the armed movement, joining the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE). The resistance fighter and artist Maria Ferla-Beikou (1925-2011) was a ranking officer of the guerrilla army. Women also had their own newspapers. The newspaper “Agonistria” [Female Fighter] was published in Southern Greece, 1949 (ASKI Library)