Histories of France have erased the feminist presence from nineteenth-century political life and the feminist impact from the changes that affected the lives of

The Third Republic, known as the ‘belle époque’, was a period of lively, articulate and surprisingly radical feminist activity in France, borne out of the

This book examines the feminism of an early twentieth-century movement that involved thousands of women--the struggle for the vote in England. It is an attempt

“In this entertaining academic history of these rival magazines, Mesch . . . explores the emergence of the working woman in France.” —Publishers Weekly At

A magisterial reconstruction and analysis of the heated debates around the 'woman question' during the French Third Republic.