ABSTRACT

Claire Laubier brings together documentary and statistical material; extracts from newspapers and journals, literary texts, advertisements, manifestos, and personal testimonies. Each extract relates to the different experiences of women in France at work, in politics, at home and in the family. Together they offer a direct and thought-provoking chronological and thematic account of women's lives in post-war France.

chapter 1|16 pages

The post-war period

chapter 2|11 pages

Le Deuxième Sexe

chapter 3|18 pages

The 1950s

chapter 4|24 pages

The 1960s

chapter 5|23 pages

The French women’s movement 1968–80

chapter 6|20 pages

Language

chapter 7|33 pages

Work, politics, and power

chapter 8|22 pages

Home life

chapter 9|18 pages

French contemporary women’s writing