The initiative, which will be held at the University of Angers library, will feature artifacts documenting the history of female battles and accomplishments.
There are thousands of museums in France, but none of them are currently devoted to the history of female fights and victories. But, the Museum of Feminist, which is anticipated to open its doors at the university library in Angers, western France, in 2027, should solve this gap, which magistrate Magali Lafourcade recognized in a Le Monde op-ed in May 2022. Christine Bard, a historian and co-chair of Afémuse, the organization that served as the foundation for the new organization, declared that “all the planets are aligned.”
Nathalie Clot, director of libraries and archives at the University of Angers, stated that this was a meeting of opportunity and history. They have been compiling the greatest collection of feminism-related materials in France for the past 20 years. The National Federation of Family Planning and former women’s rights minister Yvette Roudy have both contributed their personal archives. With Musea, its website has been hosting virtual exhibitions on the subject since 2004. Also, for the previous five years, the university has hosted a “gender month” each year. Invigorated and intensified by #metoo, the third wave of feminism has pushed us forward, according to Prof. Bard.
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‘Plurality of voices’
In 2002, the historian devised a Museum of Women’s History, approved in principle by Bertrand Delanoë, the former mayor of Paris, but never established. Twenty years later, the movement was revived by Magali Lafourcade’s open letter, calling for a museum defined as follows: “By paying homage to great women of letters and artists, by re-evaluating their contribution and the greatness of their work, by valuing the expression of women from ethnic and sexual minorities, such a place would be able to show the scale and the mechanisms of their marginalization by official bodies.” The lawyer and human rights specialist pointed out that only 9% of Goncourt Prize recipients have been women, while only 18% of César awards went to women in categories that put them in competition with men.
