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First page of Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen. The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne), also known as the Declaration of the Rights of Woman, was written on 14 September 1791 by French activist, feminist, and playwright Olympe de Gouges in response to the 1789 Declaration of ...
Sur les femmes (Essay on Women) is an essay by Denis Diderot published in Correspondance littéraire in 1772. [1] It contains a response to Antoine Léonard Thomas 's Essay on the Character, Morals, and Mind of Women in Different Centuries , which was also published in 1772, and includes Diderot's own views on the subject.
The querelle des femmes or "dispute of women" originally referred to a literary genre and broad debate, that originated in humanistic and aristocratic circles in the Italian peninsula and France during the early modern period, regarding the nature of women, their capabilities, and whether they should be permitted to study, write, or govern in the same manner as men.
La Voix des Femmes (French pronunciation: [la vwa de fam], lit. ' The Women's Voice ') was a French socialist feminist newspaper, founded by Eugénie Niboyet in 1848. It was the first female-led paper to be published daily in France, and grew to encompass an entire organization known as the Société de la Voix des Femmes. [1]
Les Femmes savantes (French pronunciation: [le fam savɑ̃t], The Learned Ladies) is a comedy by Molière in five acts, written in verse. A satire on academic pretension, female education , and préciosité (French for preciosity), it was one of his most popular comedies and the last of his great plays in verse.
Front page of L'École des femmes —engraving from the 1719 edition. The School for Wives (French: L'école des femmes; pronounced [lekɔl de fam]) is a theatrical comedy written by the seventeenth century French playwright Molière and considered by some critics to be one of his finest achievements.
The Women on the 6th Floor (French: Les Femmes du 6 e étage; also known as Service Entrance) is a 2010 French film directed and part-written by Philippe Le Guay. [3] [4] [5] Principal roles are taken by Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke and Carmen Maura. Set in Paris in 1962, the story alternates between two different worlds.
In November 2018, on the eve of marches across France observing International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, at the call of the #NousToutes Collective, the anthem was recorded by 39 female artists led by the duo Brigitte; among the performers are Olivia Ruiz, La Grande Sophie, Jennifer Ayache, Élodie Frégé, Agnès Jaoui ...