La Française (journal)

La Française
"Journal de progrès féminin"
La Française (1906) poster by Alice Kaub-Casalonga
Typereformist feminist
Formatweekly newspaper
Founder(s)Jane Misme
Editor-in-chief
Founded1906
Political alignmentPopular Front
LanguageFrench
Ceased publication1940
CountryFrance

La Française, subtitled Journal de progrès féminin, was a French language reformist feminist weekly newspaper published in France. It was founded in 1906 by feminist Jane Misme, who ran it until 1926, when Cécile Brunschvicg, the future under-secretary of state under the Popular Front, took over. The title was published until 1940. This weekly gave a national audience to the cause of women's suffrage. It even became the mouthpiece for the French Union for Women's Suffrage, founded by Jeanne Schmahl in 1909.[1]

La francaise (4 January 1938)

The paper followed developments in women's legislation in specialized sections such as "Le Féminisme au Parlement" and "Les Lois d'intérêt féminin au Parlement".[2] From 1906 to 1913, Germaine Dulac also wrote "mainly portraits of women and theater reviews".[3] Marianne Rauze was responsible for the "work" section during the same period.[4] Jeanne Oddo-Deflou, Pauline Rebour, and Blanche Vogt [fr] were contributors,[5][6][7] Alice Kaub-Casalonga [fr] created posters for the periodical.

An issue of La Française published on 5 July 1914 presents Condorcet alongside figures of suffragism as well as demands in favor of women's right to vote.[8] On January 20, 1923, La Française wrote the obituary of Camille Bloch.[9] Suzanne Carr [fr] directed a family education magazine, L'Ami du Foyer, which joined La Française in 1927.[10] In 1932, the portrait of Reysa Bernson appeared on the cover of La Française.[11]

Under the direction of Brunschvicg, La Française continued to support feminist struggles, while keeping an open eye on French political life and international affairs. Although a member of the Radical Party, Brunschvicg sought to maintain a certain neutrality, but this did not prevent her, for example, from strongly criticizing the participants in the riots of February 6, 1934, or denouncing Nazism as early as 1933. While Brunschvicg was a member of the Popular Front government (under-secretary of state in the Ministry of National Education), she virtually stopped writing for her magazine, before becoming its editor again in June 1937.[12]

The Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand in Paris holds a number of issues.

Notable people

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Jane Misme (founder)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Chenut, Helen (2012). "L'esprit antiféministe et la campagne pour le suffrage en France, 1880-1914" [The Anti-Feminist Spirit and the Campaign for Suffrage in France, 1880-1914]. Recherches féministes (in French). 25 (1): 37–53. doi:10.7202/1011115ar. ISSN 0838-4479. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. ^ Cova, Anne (March 2017). "La protection de la maternité sous la IIIe République (1870-1940)" [Maternity protection under the Third Republic (1870-1940)] (PDF). Revue Dynamiques (in French). 1.
  3. ^ Vignaux, Valérie (18 February 2016). "Dictionnaire du cinéma français des années vingt" [Dictionary of French Cinema of the Twenties]. Revue d'histoire du cinéma (in French). 33. Paris: Ministère de la Culture, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), and Centre national du livre (CNL): 137–166.
  4. ^ Balent, André (22 April 2022). "RAUZE Marianne, née GAILLARDE Marie, Anne, Rose, épouse COMIGNAN" [RAUZE Marianne, born GAILLARDE Marie, Anne, Rose, wife COMIGNAN]. maitron.fr (in French). Maitron.
  5. ^ "Digital collections". bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  6. ^ Matot, Bernard (2019). Premières femmes journalistes [First female journalists] (in French). Bordeaux: L'Éveilleur. pp. 150–56. ISBN 9791096011407.
  7. ^ Andersen, Margaret Cook (2015). Regeneration Through Empire: French Pronatalists and Colonial Settlement in the Third Republic. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-6526-4. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  8. ^ Thalmann, Rita (1 January 1990). Entre émancipation et nationalisme : La Presse féminine d'Europe (1914-1945) [Between Emancipation and Nationalism: The Women's Press of Europe (1914-1945)] (in French). FeniXX réédition numérique. ISBN 978-2-402-03880-5. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Nécrologie. Madame Camille Bloch" [Obituary. Mrs. Camille Bloch]. Revue d'Histoire du XIXe siècle - 1848 (in French). 19 (96): 410. 1923. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  10. ^ Poujol, Geneviève (2003). Un féminisme sous tutelle: les protestantes françaises, 1810-1960 (in French). Editions de Paris. p. 33. ISBN 978-2-84621-031-7. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  11. ^ Conseil national des femmes francaises Auteur du texte (17 December 1932). "me Mlle Reysa Bernson". La Française : journal de progrès féminin (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2023 – via Gallica.
  12. ^ Pichon, Muriel (2012). "Cécile Brunschvicg née Kahn, féministe et ministre du Front populaire (Enghien-les-Bains, 19 juillet 1877 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 5 octobre 1946)" [Cécile Brunschvicg née Kahn, feminist and minister of the Popular Front (Enghien-les-Bains, July 19, 1877 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, October 5, 1946)]. Archives Juives (in French). 45 (2012/1): 131–34. doi:10.3917/aj.451.0131.

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