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The book is arranged so that the modern edition faces the requisite pages of the earlier critical edition, so for specialists (as well as intrigued non-specialist readers) it is easy to evaluate and compare both texts. The annotated critical edition itself is based on the careful study of four extant manuscripts (Rouen, Chantilly, Leningrad [once again St. Petersberg], and Phillipps), plus three printed editions (two from the late fifteenth century and the 1734 edition Le Duchat). And yet, in conclusion, and despite his depiction of the ostensible "joys" of marriage, the author acknowledges that men cannot get along without women. [Extracted from the article]

This is, as the subtitle indicates, a joint paper in two voices. Each author has worked with her counterpart to revise what began as their position paper for the Round Table ‘Women’s History at the Cutting Edge’ at the International Congress for the Historical Sciences, held in August 2015 in Jinan, China, which met jointly with the International Federation for Research in Women's History (IFRWH). Chen Yan explains her perplexity about the reticence of Chinese historians (based in China) to embrace topics in women's and gender history, using her own case as an example. She then poses five questions in the paper to stimulate reflections from the commentators, drawing on their varied experiences as historians of women and gender in other countries. Her particular objective is to ‘jump-start’ research and publication in these areas in China, where a variety of obstacles dissuade scholars from pursuing this path. Karen Offen’s contribution builds out from that of Chen Yan, arguing that women's and gender history is at the cutting edge of historical research precisely because it offers ‘a revolutionary development in the politics of historical knowledge’. No historian can be considered ‘up-to-date’ in the field of history without taking its findings into account. Offen addresses each of the five questions, making provocative arguments and rehearsing some of the achievements in providing an organizational structure that welcomes historians from many lands through the IFRWH. She emphasizes the vast expansion of publications in the field during the last twenty-some years in many languages besides English and addresses the controversies of the 1990s concerning the ‘turn’ to gender history and to theoretical analyses. Offen then proposes thinking about ‘women’ and ‘gender’ as two focal points along the continuum of the same project, using the analogy of the ‘zoom lens’. Making women's history an integral part of historical study requires a ‘gendered analysis’ of any historical topic, but it also requires deeper thinking about communication strategies that can bring the findings of our research to the general public. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This Special Issue on women's and gender history consists of substantially revised papers that were initially presented at the XXII International Congress for the Historical Sciences, held in August 2015 in Jinan, China, which met jointly with the International Federation for Research in Women's History. A number of commentators respond to a position paper on ‘Women’s History At the Cutting Edge’, presented by Chen Yan and Karen Offen, noting the existence of contextual and political specificities that condition (and constrain or promote) the possibilities for researching and writing women's history in their respective countries. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A personal narrative is presented in which the author talks about her collaboration with historian and author Susan Groag Bell since 1971, after she attended her lectures on women's history, and her responsibility of preparing manuscript for Bell's publication "Women, the Family, and Freedom."

The article focuses on the influence of Marxist-Socialist ideas on the women's movement in Bulgaria during the 19th- and 20th-centuries. Several conflicts characterized this influence including the perception of socialists that feminism is bourgeois ideology, the cooperation between the working-class women and feminists to gain political and civil rights, and the concept of equal rights. The role of he Bulgarian Women's Union and Union of Progressive Women is discussed.

In this article, the authors explain the opinions of various scholars of women's history on the status of European women's history as of 2013. The authors asked the scholars a series of questions that addressed such specific topics as the meaningfulness of "Europe" as a category of analysis within the women's history field, the institutionalization of the field in Europe and the U.S., and the global nature of European women's history.

This is an abbreviated version of a presentation to the Conference of the International Federation for Research in Women's History in Sofia, 2007. The article traces the origins and foundation of the Federation in 1989. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses the writings of journalist Kaethe Schirmacher, with a particular focus on her writings composed in Paris, France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author critiques Schirmacher's omission from the historiography of French women's journalism. It is suggested that Schirmacher's writings demonstrate her knowledgeable and radical views on women's education, careers, and legal status.

This article is a plenary address presented at the twentieth anniversary conference, titled 'Women, Gender and the Cultural Production of Knowledge', of the International Federation for Research in Women's History (IFRWH), Sofia, Bulgaria, 8-12 August 2007. It places the IFRWH within a broad comparative historical context, namely that of the growth of civil society and of women's international associations, networks and publications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the contributions of Ghénia Avril de Sainte-Croix (1855-1939), a very important early twentieth-century French feminist, to the campaigns against regulated prostitution. Savioz, as she was known before her marriage in 1900 to Francois Avril, became a great admirer of the work of Josephine Butler and carried on her campaigns not only in France and in international congresses, but also at the League of Nations, following World War I. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article talks about the International Museum of Women (IMOW), a San Francisco, California-based museum which values the women's lives around the globe. For the task to be made possible, the museum highlights the voices of women through cultural exhibits and programs, history, and the arts which inspire action, educate people, and build community. Moreover, its exhibition strategy centers around the exploration of the history of women as well as the contemporary gender issues.

Compares the origins and histories of women suffrage in France and the United States. Abolition of slavery and introduction of `universal' suffrage by the revolutionary French Second Republic in 1848; Re-establishment of vital aspects of the history of women suffrage; Similarities of the rhetorics of feminism in the two countries; Arguments on the Declaration of Sentiments.

Reports that the inferior legal and moral status of women was the root cause of decline in the population of France during the 19th century. Depiction of the link between feminism and depopulation through literary works; Impact of solidarism, the political doctrine on the position of women in society; Emphasis on motherhood by Republican feminists.

Explores the sexual politics of French Revolutionary historiography. Women's relationship with the Revolution; Details of women's activism in revolutionary affairs; Participation of women in sociopolitical life.

Presents reflections on the publishing crisis in French history. Problem with the lack of market for scholarly books in France; Average number of copies sold from the Restoration period to 1918; Proposed solutions to the crisis.

Investigates the changes in the secular public secondary education of girls in third republic of France. Goal of the secondary education for girls; Information on the law that established the lycées and colléges for young French women; Opinion of Hubertine Auclert, a champion of woman suffrage and women's rights to work, to S&eacutele law.

Focuses on Henriette Wild's view on the importance of women's history. Background information on Wild; Speech given by Wild at the second international women's rights congress in Paris, France; Key issue in Parisian women's protest in the 1840s.

Comments on several books about feminist organizational politics. 'British Feminism in the Twentieth Century,' edited by Harold L. Smith; 'Journeys Among Women. Feminism in Five Italian Cities,' by Judith Adler; 'Feminism and Politics. A Comparative Perspective,' by Joyce Gelb; 'Social Feminism,' by Naomi Black.