Blessed Motherhood, Bitter Fruit : Nelly Roussel and the Politics of Female Pain in Third Republic France /

Accampo, Elinor Ann.

Blessed Motherhood, Bitter Fruit : Nelly Roussel and the Politics of Female Pain in Third Republic France / Elinor Accampo. - 1 online resource (336 pages): ill., maps, ports. ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-302) and index.

Conversion experiences -- Mother and missionary: the ideological foundations of an unorthodox feminism -- The making and marketing of a spectacular apostle -- The public and private politics of female self-sacrifice: audience reception -- Pathologies and persecutions -- The Great War: pacifism, censorship, and the disease of a "weary, wounded heart" -- Last battles: words of combat, hope, and pain.

Open Access

9781421427898




Roussel, Nelly, 1878-1922.


Women social reformers--France--Biography.
Feminists--France--Biography.
Birth control--France--Biography.


Electronic books.

HQ764.R68 / A33 2006

363.9/6092