Carolyn Eichner’s book, Franchir les barricades: Les femmes dans la Commune de Paris, was published today by Editions de la Sorbonne (Paris). This is the French translation of Eichner’s, Surmounting the Barricades: Women in the Paris Commune (Indiana University Press).… Continue Reading »
Wisconsin Led the Path to Women’s Suffrage: Interview with WGS Associate Prof. Carolyn Eichner
This year marks the centennial of congressional approval of the U.S. constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote. After Congress passed the amendment in June 1919, Wisconsin was the first state to ratify it a week later. UWM’s own … Continue Reading »