La Fronde (newspaper)

For other uses, see Fronde (disambiguation).

Front page of the 1 January 1898 issue of La Fronde

La Fronde (The Sling) was a French feminist newspaper first published in Paris on 9 December 1897 by activist Marguerite Durand (1864–1936). Durand,[1] a well known actress and journalist, used her high-profile image to attract many notable Parisian women to contribute articles to her daily newspaper, which was the first of its kind in France to be run and written entirely by women. She also had experience on other reputable publications, including La Presse and Le Figaro.[2]

  1. ^ "The Founding of 'La Fronde': the Feminist Newspaper for Women, Written Entirely by Women – 9 December 1897". The British Newspaper Archive. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ Chapman, Jane. "France and Britain; Cultural Citizenship and the Rise of Consumer Society." Gender, Citizenship and Newspapers: Historical and Transnational Perspectives. Great Britain: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 63, 80, 81, 82, 87, 93, 94. Print.