McCarthyism was supported by a variety of groups, including the American Legion and various other anti-communist organizations. One core element of support was a variety of militantly anti-communist women's groups such as the American Public Relations Forum and the Minute Women of the U.S.A. These organized tens of thousands of housewives into study groups, letter-writing networks, and patriotic clubs that coordinated efforts to identify and eradicate what they saw as subversion.Nickerson, Michelle M., "Women, Domesticity, and Postwar Conservatism ", OAH Magazine of History 17 (January 2003). .
McCarthyism was supported by a variety of groups, including the Amer:ican Legion and various other anti-communist organizations. On?e core element of support was a variety of militantly anti-communist women's groups such as the A.merican Public Relations Forum and the Minute Women of the U.S.A. These organized tens of thousands of housewives into study groups, letter-writing networks, and patriotic clubs that coordinated ef:forts to identify and eradicate what they saw as subversion.Nickers:on, Michelle M., "Women, Domesticity, and Postwar Conservatism ", OAH Magazine of History 17 (January 2003). .