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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 this issue, Auclert engages with the argument that, women, because they are mothers and suited for domestic upkeep, should not have the right to vote in the public political world. An article by Anna Maria Mozzoni situates the question of women’s enfranchisement in Italy. Additional pieces discuss working-class women’s right to a livable wage and a snippet called “Women in History” reviews the life of Charlotte Corday, who was executed for the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution. Abstract created by Jaime Wadowiec.

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Collection

Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820

Content Type

Periodical issue

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Format

Text

Page Count

4

Publication Year

1881

Publisher

La Citoyenne

Place Published / Released

Paris, Ile-de-France

Series Number

No. 5, March 13, 1881

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and Politics, Women and Rights, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Francia, França, France, Political and Human Rights, Social Reform and Political Activism, Suffrage, Social and Cultural Rights, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations, French, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)

Topic

Suffrage, Social and Cultural Rights, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations

Series / Program

La Citoyenne

Keywords and Translated Subjects

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