Histoire des femmes, histoire du genre

Abstract

Women's history, history of genderThis article recalls that in the 1970s, at the university Paris Diderot, creating the first classes about women brought about the first research and knowledge production, since women were absent from academic history. Therefore, they had to be made visible, and new sources and methods were needed to create new knowledge. Researchers quickly evolved from women's history to the history of gender, claiming that the women's history could not be built without reflecting on their relation to the other sex. These historians developed their research while exchanging with sociologists in Anglo-American studies and with American female historians, particularly those working on France. This article testifies how much enthusiasm this pioneer time could trigger.