The founders saw rising nationalism and fascism in Argentina as inherently based on Europe, saying that, "Allied and Argentine struggles for liberty and democracy were intertwined".
[1] Junta de la Victoria's operations were limited and eventually shut down during the dictatorship of Pedro Pablo Ramírez, who saw the group's pro-Allied stance as Communist-aligned.
An "upper-class Communist intellectual",[6] Oliver was also an active member in Agrupacion Femenina Antiguerra (AFA) and the vice president of the Unión Argentina de Mujeres (UAM) from 1936 to 1943.
Edelman became involved in fighting fascism and authoritarianism– in conjunction with her anti-capitalist work– during the Spanish Civil War, where she served as an officer for the Communist-aligned Comité Argentino de Mujeres Pro Huérfanos Españoles (CAMHE) in Argentina and worked for Socorro Roco (International Red Aid) in Spain.
In fact, at the group's First National Convention in Buenos Aires in 1942, they sent telegrams from all 15,000 attendees to the Soviet Union, United States, Great Britain, and China, reminding them they were not alone in the defense and struggle for liberty.
Many of the organization's leaders– including Fanny Edelman[12]– were involved in the Spanish Revolution of 1936, where radical women participated by making uniforms and fighting on the front lines.
This connection began in December 1941 with Accion Antinazi, an anti-fascist group led predominantly by Communist men, and its women's branch Comisión de Damas.
Gilseno Aguirre and Juan L. Massera, and the vice president and secretary of Comite Feminina de Uruguay [referring to the Comisión], Ms. Silva Mainero and Coca Campisreus".
[16] Additionally, the Comisión co-sponsored a visit from Rosa Scheiner, a socialist speaker and member of Junta de la Victoria, to trade ideas on women's aid activities.
[17] The Comisión ultimately transformed itself into Acción Femenina por la Victoria, a broader Popular Front group that had members beyond the Communist Party.
[17] Chapters put on exhibitions of anti-fascist artists, teas to honor Allied female dignitaries and their own dedicated members, and large benefit concerts.
The organization continued to function under the alias Colemna, and sent remitted funds hidden from the police to Acción Femenina por la Victoria in Uruguay.
[17] As Berta Singerman performed "Marseille" and "La Cucaracha" (replacing the word ‘cockroach' with ‘Nazi'),[15] police tear gassed the crowd and forced them to disperse.
The organization shifted its energy to advocating for "social welfare and women's issues", fighting "Nazi-Peronism", and fundraising against the dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain.
[17] As the largest women's mobilization in Argentina prior to Peronism,[17] Junta de la Victoria's actions and ideologies have remained influential in the country's and region's women-led movements.