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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 continues her focus on religiosity as an argument against women’s enfranchisement. She argues that men who maintain a confessional identity likewise should be excluded from political participation. The weekly segment on political matters pertaining to women focuses on a married woman’s access to household finances, while a piece on the Isle of Man celebrates the political rights granted there to women. A spotlight on “Women in History” focuses on Semiramis, the Assyrian queen who ruled autonomously after the death of her husband. 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. 8, April 8, 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