L isa G reenwald . Daughters of 1968: Redefining French Feminism and the Women’s Liberation Movement.

Scholars of twentieth-century feminist history on both sides of the Atlantic will want to take note of Lisa Greenwald’s comprehensive account of the ideological debates that underpinned feminist-led public policy changes in postwar France. The aim of Daughters of 1968: Redefining French Feminism and the Women’s Liberation Movement is “to expand and refine English-speaking readers’ understanding of French feminism” (15) spanning the years from 1944 to 1981. In her detailed account, Greenwald pays particular attention to the post-1968 period that experienced the formation of the French Women’s Liberation Movement (MLF) and feminist activists’ demand for reproductive rights. The title of Greenwald’s study reveals the centrality of feminist challenges to patriarchal politics. The “daughters of 1968” from the book title are the French women of the 1960s and 1970s who led the resurgence of French feminist activism for women’s rights. These daughters are at the same time the intellectual daughters of...