The rise of professional women in France
Subtitle: gender and pubic administration since 1830
By: Linda L. Clark
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Women in the civil service -- France -- History; Women public officers -- France -- History
Description: "This history of professional women in positions of administrative responsibility illuminates women's changing relationship to the public sphere in France since the Revolution of 1789. Linda L. Clark traces several generations of French women in public administration, examining public policy and politics, attitudes towards gender, and women's work and education. Women's own perceptions and assessments of their positions illustrate changes in gender roles and women's relationship to the state. With seniority-based promotion, maternity leaves, and the absence of the marriage bar, the situation of French women administrators invites comparison with their counterparts in other countries. Why has the profile of women's employment in France differed from that in the USA and the UK? This study gives unique insights into French social, political, and cultural history, and the history of women during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It will interest scholars of European history and also specialists in women's studies."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index