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Recognition of women in war – Interview of Carol Mann

27 octobre 2019

After the war, acts of many women have not been highlighted. Many of them were resistants, fighters or also helpers, who didn’t tell their stories, to the benefit of the one related to men. For Carol Mann, historian and sociologist specialist in gender and armed conflict, the history has been written by men for men. In the most recent conflicts, the female figures still and have always opted for silence at the end of their fight. Carol Mann transmits us the fruit of their researches about gender and conflicts.

Women and Life’s front page – The Pearl Harbor’s turning point

12 octobre 2019

Archivist at Caen memorial museum, Mathilde Rouquet received us on October 7th. She presented archives of the museum. Three editions of the American photo magazine, Life, attracted our attention. After Pearl Harbor’ attack, the magazine’ headline evolve. The housewife’ figure gives way to the image of nurse and soldier. The goal is to give other perspectives of the domestic roles assigned to women, and let them be part of the war.