Nelly Roussel (1878--1922) -- the first feminist spokeswoman for
birth control in Europe -- challenged both the men of early
twentieth-century France, who sought to preserve the status quo,
and the women who aimed to change it. She delivered her messages
through public lectures, journalism, and theater, dazzling
audiences with her beauty, intelligence, and disarming wit. She did
so within the context of a national depopulation crisis caused by
the confluence of low birth rates, the rise of international
tensions, and the tragedy of the First World War. While her support
spread across social classes, strong political resistance to her
message revealed deeply conservative precepts about gender which
were grounded in French identity itself.
In this thoughtful and provocative study, Elinor Accampo follows
Roussel's life from her youth, marriage, speaking career,
motherhood, and political activism to her decline and death from
tuberculosis in the years following World War I. She tells the
story of a woman whose life and work spanned a historical moment
when womanhood was being redefined by the acceptance of a woman's
sexuality as distinct from her biological, reproductive role -- a
development that is still causing controversy today.
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