HIST 274 Lecture Notes - Gustave Le Bon, Jane Avril, Heredity
19 Apr 2013
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The beautiful epic , time period that everyone enjoyed living in. Women only gained universal suffrage in 1945 after wwii. 1880"s to 1914; vs. fin de si cle . Condition of women: napoleonic code of 1804, 1880"s reform, the new woman . Code treated women as minors, they could not vote and could not participate on juries. Women could not take a job and not spend their own money. Adultery for women was considered a serious offense, while for men it was a misdemeanour. Republicans began to chip away at the code to aid women. In 1892, women were recognized as legal adults and could control their own money. More women were gaining access to higher education in the. In the 1890"s feminist groups sprung up throughout france, some of them calling for an extension of voting rights for women.
