De l'« efficacité » des politiques publiques : la lutte contre l'avortement « criminel » en France, 1890-1950

Cahen, Fabrice

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“…However, under Vichy, the crackdown on abortions intensified and in February 1942, it became a national, and hence capital offense in France and its colonies. 70 By comparison with institutrices, rare are the case files mentioning the immorality of their male colleagues. A single case appears in the archives, that of a certain Dorocant.…”

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Vichy's Mass Firing of Women Teachers of Colour in the French Caribbean and its Consequences¹

Jennings

Palmiste

2022

Gender & History

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This article examines the application to Martinique and Guadeloupe of Vichy's sexist law of 11 October 1940, relating to the employment of women and its impact on female teachers. We argue that Vichy showed greater zeal in applying the new regime's patriarchal law on women's work in the Caribbean than in mainland France. We examine in detail the 11 October 1940 law and the modalities of its application in the metropole and in the Caribbean, its manipulation by various actors and the arguments mobilized over the course of its promulgation in a West Indian context. Next, we consider to what degree female Caribbean teachers were impacted by these measures and analyse some of the underlying causes for their dismissal. We highlight the broader social and administrative transformations into which this particular purge fitted. Finally, we underscore the agency of fired schoolteachers as well as their resilience.

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Vichy's Mass Firing of Women Teachers of Colour in the French Caribbean and its Consequences¹

Jennings

Palmiste

2022

Gender & History

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Reproductive Politics in Twentieth-Century France and Britain

Olszynko-Gryn

Rusterholz

2019

Med. Hist.

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This special issue adopts a comparative approach to the politics of reproduction in twentieth-century France and Britain. The articles investigate the flow of information, practices and tools across national boundaries and between groups of experts, activists and laypeople. Empirically grounded in medical, news media and feminist sources, as well as ethnographic fieldwork, they reveal the practical similarities that existed between countries with officially different political regimes as well as local differences within the two countries. Taken as a whole, the special issue shows that the border between France and Britain was more porous than is typically apparent from nationally-focused studies: ideas, people and devices travelled in both directions; communication strategies were always able to evade the rule of law; contraceptive practices were surprisingly similar in both countries; and religion loomed large in debates on both sides of the channel.

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The political history of administration: Forms of the state in France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Chatriot¹

2012

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De l'« efficacité » des politiques publiques : la lutte contre l'avortement « criminel » en France, 1890-1950

Cited by 7 publications

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Vichy's Mass Firing of Women Teachers of Colour in the French Caribbean and its Consequences¹

Vichy's Mass Firing of Women Teachers of Colour in the French Caribbean and its Consequences¹

Reproductive Politics in Twentieth-Century France and Britain

The political history of administration: Forms of the state in France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

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De l'« efficacité » des politiques publiques : la lutte contre l'avortement « criminel » en France, 1890-1950

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Vichy's Mass Firing of Women Teachers of Colour in the French Caribbean and its Consequences1

Vichy's Mass Firing of Women Teachers of Colour in the French Caribbean and its Consequences1

Reproductive Politics in Twentieth-Century France and Britain

The political history of administration: Forms of the state in France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

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Vichy's Mass Firing of Women Teachers of Colour in the French Caribbean and its Consequences¹

Vichy's Mass Firing of Women Teachers of Colour in the French Caribbean and its Consequences¹