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Journal of Women's History 28.4 (2016): 134–143, deals with French nuns in 19th century. Diamond, Hanna. Women and the Second World War in France 1939-1948: Choices and Constraints (1999) Foley, Susan. Women in France Since 1789 (NYU, 2004)
The Second Sex (French: Le Deuxième Sexe) is a 1949 book by the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the treatment of women in the present society as well as throughout all of history.
Monique Wittig (French:; 13 July 1935 – 3 January 2003) was a French author, philosopher, and feminist theorist [1] who wrote about abolition of the sex-class system and coined the phrase "heterosexual contract."
In the 1970s, French writers approached feminism with the concept of écriture féminine (which translates as female, or feminine writing). [28] Hélène Cixous argues that writing and philosophy are phallocentric and along with other French feminists such as Luce Irigaray emphasize "writing from the body" as a subversive exercise. [28]
Women in Ancient Greece wore himations; and in Ancient Rome women wore the palla, a rectangular mantle, and the maphorion. [54] The typical feminine outfit of aristocratic women of the Renaissance was an undershirt with a gown and a high-waisted overgown, and a plucked forehead and beehive or turban-style hairdo. [54]
Feminine forms of German nouns are usually created by adding -in to the root, which corresponds to the masculine form. For example, the root for secretary is the masculine form Sekretär. Adding the feminine suffix yields Sekretärin ("woman secretary"; plural: Sekretärinnen: "women secretaries").
This soft and sweet name of Hebrew origin means “woman from Magdala,” but we associate it more with the spunky, French title character of Ludwig Bemelmans book series. Oscar Wong/Getty Images 15.
Femme (/ f ɛ m /; [1] French:, literally meaning "woman") is a term traditionally used to describe a lesbian woman who exhibits a feminine identity or gender presentation. [2] [3] While commonly viewed as a lesbian term, alternate meanings of the word also exist with some non-lesbian individuals using the word, [4] notably some gay men and ...