The Uncompromising Doctor Madeleine Pelletier: Feminist and Political Activist

Nothing seemed to predispose Anne Pelletier (1874–1939), born in the dingy back room of her parents’ fruit and vegetable shop in the rue des Petits-Carreaux in Paris, to become Dr Madeleine Pelletier, anthropologist, physician, psychiatrist and feminist theoretician (Figure 4.1). Pelletier’s later w...

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1. Verfasser:	Anna Norris
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthropology Applied anthropology Behavioral sciences Bourgeois Civil rights Continental philosophy Cultural anthropology Diagnostic methods Feminism Feminist anthropology French feminism Gender studies Health sciences Human societies Law Legal rights Medical diagnosis Metaphilosophy Middle class Patient assessment Philosophy Political elections Political ideologies Political organizations Political parties Political philosophy Political processes Political science Politics Social classes Social sciences Social stratification Social structures Socialism Socialist parties Sociology Voting Voting rights Western philosophy
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Zusammenfassung:	Nothing seemed to predispose Anne Pelletier (1874–1939), born in the dingy back room of her parents’ fruit and vegetable shop in the rue des Petits-Carreaux in Paris, to become Dr Madeleine Pelletier, anthropologist, physician, psychiatrist and feminist theoretician (Figure 4.1). Pelletier’s later writings on sexuality, the right to abortion, the education of girls, and the questioning of the traditional nuclear family were to carry the most weight in the analysis of women’s condition, but her achievements during the Belle Epoque were crucial in French women’s itinerary toward equality. Focusing on the period from 1898 to 1910, this chapter examines