Suzanne Desan, The Petitions of Women in Favor of Revolutionary Reform of the Family. During the French Revolution, hundreds of women addressed petitions to the national assemblies to demand modifications in family rights like the right of divorce and an equal share in inheritance. The petitioners often used revolutionary rhetoric to criticize male « despotism » reigning in the family, and to plead for more egalitarian and more affectionate family relationships. This article challenges the notion that the Revolution was limited to encouraging the domestic role of women within the « private sphere ». Its action was more ambiguous. While firmly supporting the rhetoric of domesticity, the Revolution granted women civic rights as well as easier...
International audienceThis article traces the struggles of German “radical” feminists in enabling an...
International audienceThe French Revolution challenged Gender identities and sexual representations,...
This article first describes the paths which have led women in Québec and France to gain political r...
International audienceThe aim of this article is to show the way women were represented in the revol...
National audienceNation and family were imagined together on the eve of the French Revolution. The f...
In a groundbreaking book that challenges many assumptions about gender and politics in the French Re...
Femmes, Politique et Révolution sont les éléments qui composent le trinôme à travers lequel la prése...
Ce texte est inachevé : comme l'indique le sous-titre, ce texte est la version anglaise de notre art...
National audienceWomen participated in the French Revolution directly, and occasionally with force a...
Les femmes ont participé à la Guerre d’indépendance américaine et à la Révolution française, que ce ...
La démocratie moderne est fondée sur la dissociation entre la sphère domestique et celle de la polit...
National audienceIn 1848, the few claims in favor of a family vote indicated a shift was underway in...
It is fitting that a woman, Marianne, is the symbol of France. The French Revolution shaped France i...
To deprive women of reason — a question of social nature The arrival of the Revolution br...
The French Revolution and the Family. What the French Revolution intended to throw into question an...
International audienceThis article traces the struggles of German “radical” feminists in enabling an...
International audienceThe French Revolution challenged Gender identities and sexual representations,...
This article first describes the paths which have led women in Québec and France to gain political r...
International audienceThe aim of this article is to show the way women were represented in the revol...
National audienceNation and family were imagined together on the eve of the French Revolution. The f...
In a groundbreaking book that challenges many assumptions about gender and politics in the French Re...
Femmes, Politique et Révolution sont les éléments qui composent le trinôme à travers lequel la prése...
Ce texte est inachevé : comme l'indique le sous-titre, ce texte est la version anglaise de notre art...
National audienceWomen participated in the French Revolution directly, and occasionally with force a...
Les femmes ont participé à la Guerre d’indépendance américaine et à la Révolution française, que ce ...
La démocratie moderne est fondée sur la dissociation entre la sphère domestique et celle de la polit...
National audienceIn 1848, the few claims in favor of a family vote indicated a shift was underway in...
It is fitting that a woman, Marianne, is the symbol of France. The French Revolution shaped France i...
To deprive women of reason — a question of social nature The arrival of the Revolution br...
The French Revolution and the Family. What the French Revolution intended to throw into question an...
International audienceThis article traces the struggles of German “radical” feminists in enabling an...
International audienceThe French Revolution challenged Gender identities and sexual representations,...
This article first describes the paths which have led women in Québec and France to gain political r...