Ready for Progress? Opinion Surveys on Women's Roles and Opportunities in Belle Epoque France
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4854933 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lenard R Berlanstein (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Politics Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-6370 • E-ISSN: 1558-5271 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/fpcs.2009.270101 |
| OpenAlex | W2058559211 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This essay uses readers' opinion surveys in Femina, a unique, high-circulation fashion magazine that championed women's rights, to study the reception of feminist ideas. The readers were fashion-conscious and well-off provincial bourgeoises, a group that might have had conservative attitudes on gender roles. Yet, the many thousands of responses reveal a profound desire to expand women's identities beyond domesticity. About a third of the readers were even indignant that women lacked the freedoms of men. Most others looked forward to a future when society would offer women more opportunities to utilize their talents while reaffirming the satisfactions of familial roles. The surveys show that Frenchwomen were redefining femininity in a more individualistic direction though national emergencies as 1914 approached would make them hesitant about pressing their cause
Political science · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |