The rise of professional women in France : gender and public administration since 1830 / Linda L. Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Linda L., 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the civil service--France--History.

Women in the civil service.

Women public officers--France--History.

Women public officers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This history of professional women in positions of administrative responsibility illuminates women's changing relationship to the public sphere in France since the Revolution of 1789. Linda L. Clark traces several generations of French women in public administration, examining public policy and politics, attitudes towards gender, and women's work and education. Women's own perceptions and assessments of their positions illustrate changes in gender roles and women's relationship to the state. With seniority-based promotion, maternity leaves and the absence of the marriage bar, the situation of French women administrators invites comparison with their counterparts in other countries. Why has the profile of women's employment in France differed from that in the USA and the UK? This study gives unique insights into French social, political and cultural history, and the history of women during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It will interest scholars of European history and also specialists in women's studies.

Contents:

pt. 1. Defining a feminine sphere of action, 1830-1914. 1. Public roles for maternal authority: the introduction of inspectresses, 1830-1870. 2. Educating a new democracy: school inspectresses and the Third Republic. 3. Addressing crime, poverty, and depopulation: the Interior ministry inspectresses. 4. Protecting women workers: the Labor administration

pt. 2. Steps toward equality: women's administrative careers since the First World War

Introduction: The First World War: a "1789" for women? 5. New opportunities for women in central government offices, 1919-1929. 6. The challenges of the 1930s for women civil servants. 7. Gendered assignments in the interwar Labor, Health, and Education ministries.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11988-X

0-511-00867-8

1-280-15905-7

0-511-11850-3

0-511-15078-4

0-511-31032-3

0-511-49672-9

0-511-04993-5

OCLC:

437072994