WOMEN IN EUROPEAN HISTORY , Gisela BockCopyright © Gisela Bock 2002 Translation copyright © Allison Brown 2002 ‘The right of Gisela Bock to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. First published 2002 24681097531 Blackwell Publishers Ltd 108 Cowley Road Oxford OX4 1JF UK Blackwell Publishers Inc. 350 Main Street Malden, Massachusetts 02148 USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purposes of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which itis published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bock, Gisela ‘Women in European history / Gisela Bock. p. cm. — (The Making of Europe) cludes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-631-19145-3 (pbk.: acid-free paper) — ISBN 0-631-23191-9 (hdbk.: acid-free paper) 1. Women—Europe—History. 2. Feminism—Europe—History. 1. Title. IL. Series. HQ1587 .B63 2001 305.4°094—de21 2001002364 ‘Typeset in 10,5 on 12 pt Sabon by Ace Filmsetting Ltd, Frome, Somerset Printed in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall This book is printed on acid-free paper.Contents Series Editor’s Preface Preface 1 Querelle des femmes: A European Gender Dispute The Dignity of Man and the Dignity of Woman Misogamy and Misogyny; Philogamy and Philogyny The Power of Fathers, the Power of Men, the Power of Women 2 The French Revolution: The Dispute is Resumed Hopes Rights of Man and Rights of Woman Amazons and Counter-revolutionaries Napoleon and the Revolution in Europe Nocturnal Intrigues 3 Challenging Boundaries: A Third Gender Dispute Changing Debates and Languages No Angels in the House: Ideals and Realities Old and New Labour Pre-Pioneers and Pioneers of the Women’s Movement A Social Movement 4 From the Social to the Political National and Transnational Movements Equal because Different: The Political Discourse of Suffragism 108 116 127 128 137