Deux occasions de participation féminine en 1793 : le vote sur la Constitution et le partage des biens communaux

Aberdam, Serge

doi:10.3406/ahrf.2005.2750

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“…The law established in June 1793 granted women (aged 21 or older) the immediate right to vote at the municipal general assembly elections for a representative who would decide on the distribution of municipal properties and their practicalities (Bourgin 1908). 43 Mothers obtained the same right as fathers to manage the affairs of their beneficiary under-age children (Aberdam 2005). Simultaneously, the committee of public assistance adopted a law under which poor families, widows, old people, unmarried mothers, and abandoned children could receive assistance.…”

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On the origins of the demographic transition: rethinking the European marriage pattern

Perrin

2021

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Why did France experience the demographic transition first? This question remains one of the greatest puzzles of economics, demography, and economic history. The French pattern is hard to reconcile with elucidations of the process as found in other countries. The present analysis goes back to the roots of the process and offers novel ways of explaining why people started to control their fertility in France and how they did so. In this paper, I track the evolution of marriage patterns to a point before the premises of the demographic transition. I identify two distinct phases. Next, I rely on exploratory methods to classify French counties based on their discriminatory features. Five profiles emerge. I discuss these profiles through the lens of the French Revolution, one of the greatest events that ever occurred in French history, which irretrievably altered its society. In particular, the results show that the fertility transition was not as linear, but more complex than previous research had argued. They show the importance of accounting for cultural factors and for individuals’ predispositions to adapt more or less quickly to societal changes. Yet cultural factors are not all. They can help to explain the timing of the transition and the choice of methods used to control fertility, but modernity and gender equality are also needed to describe the mechanisms in play behind the process.

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“…Aberdam (2005) emphasizes the existence of various documents reflecting the participation of women (in particular single women and widows) in elections, via their presence on lists of citizens having the right to vote over the period 1789-1792, as well as their presence and interventions as mentioned in the minutes of the primary assemblies.…”

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Deux occasions de participation féminine en 1793 : le vote sur la Constitution et le partage des biens communaux

Abstract: Dans chaque cas où l'on cherche à évaluer la présence et l'action féminine, il faudrait nécessairement en explorer l'amont et l'aval, mais il me semble que l'année 1793 se prête Deux occasions de participation féminine en 1793 : le vote sur la Constitutio...

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On the origins of the demographic transition: rethinking the European marriage pattern

On the origins of the demographic transition: rethinking the European marriage pattern

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