89. Le droit de vote des femmes

Quand la IIIe république est proclamée en 1870, elle accumule les obstacles et les difficultés. La France est en guerre contre la Prusse et les républicains qui viennent d’arriver au pouvoir sont en fait très minoritaires. Et pourtant, trente ans plus tard, au tournant du siècle, ...  Show more

Comment le monde a-t-il pu basculer dans l'horreur en seulement neuf ans ? Des plaines de Mandchourie aux salons dorés de Munich, les années 1930 ne furent pas seulement celles de la Grande Dépression.Mais aussi celles d'une "marche à la guerre" que personne n'a su — ou voulu — a ...  Show more

While British women had been requesting the right to vote for decades, in the early 1900s, the Suffragettes refused to take no for an answer. But despite their PR expertise, as their methods became more violent, theirs was a movement that divided the nation. But what radicalized ...  Show more

In the fifth podcast of Arguing History, Lynn Dumenil and Christopher Capozzola consider the relationship between America’s involvement in World War I and the granting of women the right to vote. As they note, when the war broke out women were enjoying considerable momentum at th ...  Show more

Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 Through most of history homosexuality and gender non-conformity were met with misunderstanding and intolerance. And while men in power had some modicum of freedom to pursue their own desires, women’s sexuality and identity was much more tightly controlled. Les ...  Show more

Queen Guinevere, Morgan le Fey and Nimue, the mystical lady of the lake have been cast as heroins, virtuous women and wicked femme fatals by the many people who have retold the legend of King Arthur over 1500 years. I'll sketch the highlights of the story, galloping past the oft ...  Show more