The franceinfo junior program looks back on obtaining the right to vote for women with a historian and specialist on the subject, Anne-Sarah Bouglé-Moalic. She answers children’s questions on the subject.
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It was 80 years ago that women obtained the right to vote in France on April 21, 1944 by an order from the provisional government of General de Gaulle in Algiers. We talk about it in franceinfo junior with Anne-Sarah Bouglé-Moalic, historian, specializing in political and professional equality between women and men. She is the author of the book The Citizens’ March – women’s right to vote in France (1870-1944), published in 2021 by Editions du Cerf. She answers questions from CE2-CM1 students at the Louis Guilloux school in Planguenoual Lamballe Armor in Brittany.
To open the show, Maïwenn wants to know: “Why didn’t we women have the right to vote?” asks the schoolgirl. Soline in turn asks: “Was there a war for women to vote?”
To broaden the subject, Daphné also speaks: “Are women in some countries not allowed to vote?” asks the schoolgirl.
“Why is there no female president?” Ilyas also questions. Finally, Joanna ends the show with her question: “Why don’t children have the right to vote?”
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