The Absent Father During the Spanish Civil War

The absent father durilng the Spanish Civil War did not only mean the father was at war, the father was part of the Spanish Diaspora living in New York City but he was away doing politics against Franco. He didn't take care of the family because he was living for the cause. He was trying to liberate Spain from Franco. This father would take his small daughter to all the political meeting where politicians would be The paper examines the impact on mother and children of the Spanish Diaspora in New York City during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and how political conflict decimated the social fabric and structure of expatriate's families. By examining the effects of this important historical event, I will be able to present a coherent and detailed exposition on how the Spanish Civil War transformed family structure as was known before the war. Moreover, I will present the effects of men abandoning their families to join the Republican army in order to defend the lawfully elected Republican government against Generalissimo Francisco Franco's Nationalist Army. Consequently, immigrant mothers had to bring to maturity their offspring on their own. The time period studied will include the worldwide economic depression of the 1930's and the time frame of the Spanish Civil War when the Spanish