La Voix des femmes
"feminist, pacifist, socialist and internationalist"
TypeDaily, weekly, bi-weekly newspaper
Founder(s)
Editor-in-chiefLouise Bodin
General managerColette Reynaud
Political alignmentSocialist
LanguageFrench
CityParis
CountryFrance

La Voix des femmes was a "political, social, scientific, artistic" weekly newspaper, founded in 1917 by Colette Reynaud and Louise Bodin, the first issue of which was published on October 31, 1917. The newspaper, which proclaimed itself in 1919 as "feminist, pacifist, socialist and internationalist", appeared until 1937.

History

In 1917, Colette Reynaud and Louise Bodin founded La Voix des femmes,[1][2] a "political, social, scientific and artistic" weekly newspaper, the first issue of which was published on October 31, 1917.[3] Created during the World War I, the newspaper opposed the Sacred Union.[4] Bodin's editorial in the first issue of October 31, 1917, was widely censored.[4]

Alice Jouenne contributed to the redesign of La Voix des femmes, the first issue of which came out on October 18, 1919.[5] On this date, its publication schedule changed from weekly to bi-weekly. It also proclaimed itself "feminist, pacifist, socialist and internationalist".[4][6][7] It contained articles by Marthe Bigot, Bodin, Annette Charreau, Fanny Clar, Alice Jouenne, Leyciat, Magdeleine Marx, Marianne Rauze, Henriette Sauret, and Monette Thomas.

La Voix des femmes brought together feminists, pacifists, supporters of the extreme left as well as neo-Malthusians.[2] It declared that "All socialist women should buy and read this issue and then subscribe".[8] Henri Barbusse, Romain Rolland, Marcel Cachin, Madeleine Pelletier, Victor Méric, Nelly Roussel, Séverine, Marthe Bigot, Hélène Brion, Marcelle Capy, and Georges Pioch in particular[2] regularly published articles there. Socialist women found support there,[9] and Louise Bodin launched appeals in favor of the Socialist International Women.[10]

Daily in 1922, it became weekly again at the end of the year.[9] From January 21, 1926, Reynaud and Camille Drevet served as editors of the newspaper.[11] La Voix des femmes ceased publication in 1937.[4][12]

References

  1. ^ Zweig, Stefan; Rolland, Romain (1 July 2014). Correspondance 1910-1919. Albin Michel. ISBN 978-2-226-30233-5. OCLC 937861267.
  2. ^ a b c Guerrand, Roger-Henri; Ronsin, Francis (2001). Jeanne Humbert et la lutte pour le contrôle des naissances. Les Amis de Spartacus. p. 93. ISBN 978-2-902963-44-7. OCLC 1050073185.
  3. ^ "La Voix des femmes : politique, sociale, scientifique, artistique". catalogue.bnf.fr. s.n. 1917. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d Schallwig, Julien Chuzeville, Noémie (21 October 2022). "REYNAUD Colette". Eliza, Colette (in French). Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier. Retrieved 10 January 2023.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Échos". L'Humanité - journal socialiste quotidien (in French) (Public domain ed.): 2. 13 October 1919 – via Gallica.
  6. ^ Collins, Marie; Sayre, Sylvie Weil, eds. (1974). Les femmes en France. C. Scribner's Sons. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-684-13803-9. OCLC 1033009308.
  7. ^ "La Voix des femmes : politique, sociale, scientifique, artistique / dir. Colette Reynaud". Gallica (in French). 19 October 1919. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  8. ^ "L'Humanité : journal socialiste quotidien". Gallica. 13 October 1919. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  9. ^ a b Albistur, Maīté (1978). Histoire du féminisme français: De l'Empire napoléonien à nos jours (in French). Des Femmes. p. 566. OCLC 10561509.
  10. ^ "Dictionnaire des féministes : France, XVIIIe-XXIe siècle". www.worldcat.org. WorldCat.org. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  11. ^ Dreyfus, Georges Oved et Michel (8 February 2015). "WANNER Léo née BERGER Léonie". Le Maitron (in French). Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  12. ^ Gohaud, Juliette (1998). "Le féminisme de "La Voix des femmes" (1917-1937)". Mémoire de Maîtrise d'histoire contemporaine. Université Paris 1, Centre de recherches d'histoire des mouvements sociaux et du syndicalisme. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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