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Feminist movements in France

Explore the evolution of feminist movements in France, from the 19th century to modern times, advocating for gender equality, women's suffrage, and social reforms. Learn about key figures and milestones that shaped the feminist discourse in French society.

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Feminist movements in France

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  1. Feminist movements in France Symantha Tillinghast - Chantal

  2. Feminism- the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.

  3. Most women who yes do believe in women's rights don’t like to be called feminists because it “seems like they hate men, and are aggressive”

  4. The feminist movement began to become popular in the 1970s

  5. In 1971, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen brought an immediate response from writer Olympe de Gouges who amended it as the Declaration of the Rights of Men and the female citizen

  6. * if women were accountable to the law they must also be given equal responsibility under the law.

  7. The fall of the conservative Louis- Philippe in 1848, gave hope to feminist’s.

  8. Eugenie Niboyet founded La voix des femmes (The Women's Voice) as the first feminist daily newspaper in France socialist and political journal

  9. The Women's Union for the Defense of Paris and Care of the Injured was founded on 11 April 1871. The association demanded gender equality, wage equality, right of divorce for women, and right to professional education for girls. They also demanded suppression of the distinction between married women, the abolition of prostitution in closing the maisons de tolérance, or legal official brothels.

  10. In 1909, French Feminist Jeanne-Elizabeth Schmahl founded the French Union for Women's Suffrage to advocate for women's right to vote.

  11. 24 March 1944 French women gain the right to vote

  12. In May of 1968 the creation of the Women's Liberation Movement emerged advocating for the rights to contraception and to abortion.

  13. Valery Giscard d’Estaing was elected President and nominated nine women to his government.

  14. Simone Veil was the first female minister

  15. 1974 Zelensky and Sugier founded the League of Womens Rights. They helped get the bill passed for abortion in 1975. Annie Sugier Anne Zelensky

  16. Yvette Roudy passed the 1983 law against sexism

  17. Le Barbe is France’s bearded feminists, these women wear fake beards because they feel that France is a man dominated society.

  18. Le Barbe Le Barbe translate to the beard, but also has another meaing of enough is enough.

  19. They protested at the Cannes film Festival because not enough female directors. They also protested at Senate meetings.

  20. 2011 French feminists protested to rid the word “Mademoiselle” from the French language.

  21. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLJyPNG3Xzk

  22. Work Cited • http://jwa.org/encylopedia/article/veil-simone. • http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/101/article_493.asp • http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/29/la-barbe-feminism-france • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism_in_France • http://www.npr.org/2011/09/29/140931817/french-feminists-say-non-to-mademoiselle

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