George Sand Was Not a Man, or Was He? An Egalitarian's Stand Against Gender Division and Its Impact on the Role of Women in Nineteenth Century France

<p>This culminating project focuses on the controversial life of nineteenth century French novelist, George Sand. The paper examines the political climate surrounding Sand, her ancestry, upbringing and position on the rights of women in the context of her egalitarian ideals. Her values were influenced by nineteenth century French politics, which also contributed to the development of her socialist and republican principles. Sand’s egalitarianism was largely the result of her ancestral background and upbringing and it applied uniformly to gender. Today, Sand is viewed as having been a feminist, although she is not easily defined as such. She did not belong to any particular feminist organization and, in fact, rejected much of what they championed. Sand believed that women should have political and civil equality but that first, they must be liberated from the yokes of marital slavery, and second, they must be educated. Sand s position on the rights of women was rooted in her egalitarian views that espoused equality for all individuals in nineteenth century France, not just women.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Humanities

Year

2003

Author dc:creator

• Zepponi, Tonia S.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Patricia Dougherty, OP, PhD
• Jan Van Stavern, PhD

• Humanities
• Arts and Humanities

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/237

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1236