Laura S. Schor

Women and Political Activism in France, 1848-1852 (eBook, PDF)

First Feminists

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Produktbeschreibung

'Laura S. Schor offers readers a reinterpretation of the 1848 revolution in France, as seen through the lives of ten intrepid women who were front-line advocates of legal rights, economic justice, and citizenship for French women. Her portraits are engaging, thoughtful, and beautifully written. Schor provides new insights into the possibilities for women's activism in a time of revolution on behalf of democratic government. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in past - and present - struggles for truly inclusive democracy.'

- Karen Offen,Stanford University, USA

'Decades before the words "feminism" and "feminist" came into use in France and other western countries there were women boldly asserting that women were fully the equals of men and thus contending that women deserved more education and employment opportunities, and even political rights. Drawing on archival and published sources, Laura S. Schor ably presents a group of ten pioneering women who made the case for women's rights during the 1830s and, notably, during the French revolution of 1848, when King Louis-Philippe was ousted and replaced by a democratic republic, albeit one that proved short-lived.'

- Linda L. Clark, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, USA

This book is organized around the personal struggles of ten extraordinary French women activists: Eugenie Niboyet, Eugenie Foa, Suzanne Voilquin, Josephine Bachellery, Pauline Roland, Jeanne Deroin, Elisa Lemonnier, Desiree Gay, Adele Esquiros, and Marie Noemie Constant. Ranging in age from 52 to 20 in 1848, coming from different economic backgrounds, these women shared a common quest to be included in the economic and political rights won by the revolt against the July Monarchy. Banding together in the face of exclusion from the right to work guaranteed to all men in February 1848, the women of 1848 inspired successive generations of women to continue their struggle.

Laura S. Schor is Professor of History at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center, USA.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783031146930
• Artikelnr.: 66876156

Autorenporträt

Laura S. Schor, former Provost of Hunter College and founding Dean of the Macaulay Honors College, is Professor of History at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center, USA. She also directed the Center for Women's Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Schor is the author of four books on women's history in France: Women and the Making of the Working Class: Lyon, 1830-1870; What Were Little Girls and Boys Made Of? Gender Role Socialization in France, 1830-1880; The Odyssey of Flora Tristan; and The Life and Legacy of the Baroness Betty de Rothschild. She has also written two books about women's history in Jerusalem: The Best School in Jerusalem: Annie Landau's School for Girls, 1900-1960; and Sophie Halaby in Jerusalem: An Artist's Life.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction-First Feminists.- Chapter 2: Different Paths to 1848.- Chapter 3: Rebels, Images, Petitions.- Chapter 4: Developing the Feminist Agenda.- Chapter 5: The Right to Work.- Chapter 6: The Club des Femmes.- Chapter 7: Revolution, Repression, Resistance.- Chapter 8: Women Reclaim Public Roles.- Chapter 9: After the Coup d'Etat.- Chapter 10: Conclusion: Legacy of the First Feminists.-