Al governo senza diritti: i paradossi del Fronte popolare francese

Autore: Claire Lescoffit
In: Genesis. V/2, 2006
doi:10.1400/88914
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Abstract

Governing without Rights: the Paradoxes of the French Popular Front
It was only with a decree introduced on April 21, 1944 that French women obtained equal political rights. Nevertheless, in 1936 the president of the Socialist city council, Léon Blum, assigned three women a role in the government. These two events are peculiar, and they occupy a particular role in French women’s history. They raise the issue of the reasons behind these nominations, as well as the reasons for “French lateness”. Most importantly, they allows us to investigate the ambivalence of a man, a party, and a society faced with women’s vote and access to power.