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Abstract / Summary

La Citoyenne was a French feminist newspaper, founded, funded, and edited by Hubertine Auclert, with the primary aim of promoting women's suffrage. Auclert, the leader of France’s fledgling suffrage movement from 1880 to her death in 1914, lived in Algeria from 1888-1892. This experience intensified and shaped her already existing interest in the colony. La Citoyenne, published from 1881-1891, was the first French feminist newspaper to address questions of empire. In "Protestation des femmes contre toutes guerres de conquète" (Women’s Protest Against All Wars of Conquest), La Citoyenne printed a proclamation by the society Le Droit des Femmes (Women’s Rights). Opposing France's incursions in North Africa, and their repression of the Kroumir people, the statement argued that France had no legitimacy in "speaking of going to civilize the savages," because France itself was not civilized because of women’s disenfranchisement and marginalization. In, "Les Droits de la femme en Angleterre" (Women’s Rights in England), the author explains women’s unequal treatment under English law, based not only on sex, but also on class and marital status. The article, "Les Femmes et la revolution," (Women and Revolution), written by Antonin Lévrier (Auclert’s romantic partner and future husband, and a regular contributor to La Citoyenne), argues against the idea that women resist revolutionary change. He explained women’s extensive and significant participation in the revolutions of 1789 and 1848.

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Collection

Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820

Content Type

Periodical issue

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Page Count

4

Publication Year

1881

Publisher

La Citoyenne

Series Number

No. 13, May 8, 1881

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and War, Women and Politics, Women and Rights, Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Francia, França, France, Political and Human Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Social and Cultural Rights, French, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)

Topic

Equal Rights for Women, Social and Cultural Rights

Series / Program

La Citoyenne

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Francia, França