This book focusses on the many upheavals ordinary men and women faced during the First World War and the tensions between old and new ideals. Themes as mobilisation, violence, work and the care for the wounded, intimacy and family life, charity and resistance are approached in an innovatory way.
In 165 thematic entries, this encyclopaedia offers a clear and accessible overview of the many aspects of political, social, professional, cultural, family and associative history that have marked the daily lives of Belgian women.
Two centuries of parental roles are covered in this book. From the 19th century family model that referred women to marriage, motherhood and domestic life, to a model that incorporates equality and diversity nowadays.
A small selection of the numerous websites that bring together ressources for women’s and gender history in specific countries. For the timing being, the focus is on Europe.
Networks and websites with resources for gender history in a specific historical period. For the Greek-Roman Antiquity and the Middle Ages, you’ll find some sources online.
Here, you’ll find the websites of international networks and websites that give access to collections of archives from different countries.
This pedagogical tool is realized in connection with the exhibition Boys and girls… an (un)known destination ? It contains 15 thematic cards with exercises and background information, and 40 historical documents to work with.
Femmes et hommes dans l’histoire is a pedagogical tool that wants to show that another history is possible. As an extension to the existing history manuals, it allows to integrate a history of women and men in the classical courses. The manual offers teachers richly documented model leasons that handle the past of men and women through antiquity and the middle ages.
In 1919, an official organisation for the protection of young children is established : l’Œuvre nationale de l’enfance.
This book turns to the history of this vast educative movement that particularly aims to train women in their mother roles.
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