Feminisms of the Belle Epoque: A Historical and Literary AnthologyJennifer R. Waelti-Walters, Steven C. Hause This volume consists of new translations of twenty-six representative selections from the belle äpoque, the period of cultural efflorescence in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century France. These pieces have a remarkably modern sound; the anger of Nelly Roussel, the arguments for reproductive freedom, and the case histories of prostitutes transcend time and circumstance. Chosen from newspapers, speeches, novels, political tracts, and the like, these selections portray the range of feminist response to the prevailing social situation of women?from the generally meliorist position of the Christian feminists to the radical stances of socialist and utopian feminists. The works of authors well known at the turn of the century are interspersed with stories of the lives of some of society's victims. The selections are organized thematically: education, work, prostitution and the double standard, marriage and male-female relations, maternity, and political and civil rights. In the volume introduction and in introductions to each selection, the editors place the pieces within their historical and social settings. |
Contents
Nelly Roussel She Who Is Always Sacrificed | 18 |
Marcelle Tinayre on the ideal education for women | 68 |
Gabrielle Reval on the struggles of educated women | 86 |
Madeleine Pelletier A Feminist Education for Girls | 101 |
WORK | 134 |
PROSTITUTION AND THE DOUBLE STANDARD | 168 |
Marcelle Tinayre on unmarried mothers | 218 |
POLITICAL AND CIVIC RIGHTS | 266 |
Appendix | 295 |
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