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Abstract / Summary

Memory of Women: Tunisian Public Life, 1920-1960. Description: This book is a compilation of oral histories from Tunisian women. The research was supported by the Centre for Research, Documentation and Information on Women (CREDIF) and the Higher Institute of History of the National Movement. The book has two major sections. One side, from cover to the middle of the book, is in French. Flip the book to the opposite cover, and the text is in Arabic. Users of the Arabic text should be aware that the original interviews were conducted in dialectal Tunisian Arabic and translated into modern standard Arabic for publication. The French and the Arabic sections provide different oral histories. The French-language oral histories include those of Tawhida Ben Cheikh, Nabiha Ben Miled, Gladys Adda, Aïcha Jalila Mzali, Hédia Ben Salem, and Haydée Tamzali. The Arabic-language oral histories include those of Zoubeida Amira, Asma Belkhoudja Rbai, Zakia Bey, Mehrezia Ghaddab, Jamila Ourabi, Hassiba Rochdi. An English summary of the book and a translated table of contents is available in Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires, see: Julia Clancy-Smith, “English Summary and Contents of Mémoire de femmes: Tunisiennes dans la vie publique 1920-1960” (Translation, Tucson, Ariz., August 5, 2016). An English translation of the Gladys Adda chapter is also available: see, Julia Clancy-Smith,“I Remain an Optimist: Translation of Glady Adda’s ‘Je Reste Optimiste’ in Mémoire de femmes: Tunisiennes dans la vie publique 1920-1960, Edited by Habib Kazdaghli (Tunis: CREDIF et de l’Institut Supérieur d’Histoire du Mouvement National, 1993): 51-77” (Translation, Tuscon, Ariz., December 5, 2015). Keywords: art; child care; colonial schools; colonialism; communism; education; film; French military families; girls’ school; health care; International Women’s Day; Jewish women; medicine; Muslim women; nationalism; nationalist politics; patriotism; provincial women; revolutionary women; Tunisia; Tunisian women; Union of Women of Tunisia

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Collection

Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820

Content Type

Book

Duration

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Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Original Publication Date

1993

Page Count

360

Publication Year

1993

Publisher

Higher Institute of History of the National Movement

Place Published / Released

Tunisia

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and Social Reform, Women and Politics, Women and Education, Women and War, Women and Rights, Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Mujer y Educación, Mulher e Educação, Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Túnez, Tunisia, Women and Education, Political and Human Rights, Women, Colonization, Empire, and Post Coloniality, Social Reform and Political Activism, Gendered Education, Education as a Source of Women’s Emancipation, Equal Rights for Women, Empire and Feminism, Socialism, Nationalism and Independence Movements, Settler Society, Opposition to Imperialism, Tunisians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Topic

Gendered Education, Education as a Source of Women’s Emancipation, Equal Rights for Women, Empire and Feminism, Socialism, Nationalism and Independence Movements, Settler Society, Opposition to Imperialism

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Mujer y Educación, Mulher e Educação, Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Túnez