Femmes françaises

Communist feminist magazine in France (1944–1957)

Femmes françaises (French: French women) was a feminist and communist women's magazine which was launched in 1944 and was the publication of the feminist social movement Femmes solidaires.^[1] The publisher of the magazine was France d'abord.^[2] The magazine was published on a weekly basis.^[1] In 1948 the magazine sold 5,600 copies.^[1] It ceased publication in 1957 and was succeeded by another feminist magazine, Clara.^[1]^[3]

From October 1949 to May 1952 Élise Fraysse was redactor in chief of Femmes françaises.^[4] Her coverage of events leading to Tunisian independence resulted in her imprisonment in 1952.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dominique Loiseau (2018). "L'Union des femmes françaises pendant les Trente Glorieuses: entre «maternalisme», droit des femmes et communisme". Le Mouvement Social (in French). 4 (265): 37. doi:10.3917/lms.265.0037. S2CID 150564509.
^ "Union des femmes françaises (UFF)" (in French). Gallica. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ "Clara Magazine". Euro-Mediterranean Women's Foundation. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b Paul Boulland (21 January 2022), Fraysse Élise, Lasserre Élise (in French), Paris: Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier, retrieved 4 February 2022