Les femmes, le socialisme et l’organisation du travail : Oyonnax (Ain) 1890-1939

This study focuses on the efforts of Oyonnax’s socialists to change mentalities in their town, a community of small-scale industry based on family enterprises, a working-class fortress between the wars. The socialist leaders sought to reduce the masculine ambiance of the party and of the People’s Ho...

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Main Author: Charles Sowerwine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UMR 5136- France, Amériques, Espagne – Sociétés, Pouvoirs, Acteurs (FRAMESPA) 2016-03-01
Series:Les Cahiers de Framespa
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/framespa/633
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Summary:This study focuses on the efforts of Oyonnax’s socialists to change mentalities in their town, a community of small-scale industry based on family enterprises, a working-class fortress between the wars. The socialist leaders sought to reduce the masculine ambiance of the party and of the People’s House. Their success, although relative, suggests that the structures of artisanal, family enterprise can give rise to progress toward equality between the sexes just as much as large-scale industry.
ISSN:1760-4761